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FY2023 NDAA: Military Child Care Programs
August 29, 2022
The Department of Defense (DOD) operates the largest employer-sponsored child care program in the
United States, serving approximately 200,000 children of uniformed servicemembers and DOD civilians
annually, and employing about 20,000 child care workers, at an annual cost of over $1 billion. Several
provisions in the House-passed (H.R. 7900) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)-reported (S.
4543) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 would authorize or amend
military-sponsored child care programs.
Background
Military child care programs are authorized under 10 U.S.C. @§1791 et seq. Child care is provided
through a combination of direct care through military child development centers (CDCs); family child
care homes; school-age care; and fee assistance support to certified civilian providers. These programs are
supported through a combination of appropriated and non-appropriated funds. Parental fees for child care
services are progressively scaled based on total family income. For more information, see CRS Report
R45288, Military Child Development Program: Background and Issues.
Table I. Selected FY2023 NDAA Child Care Provisions
House-passed (H.R. 7900)                                   SASC-reported (S. 4543)
Fee assistance program
Sec. 573 would expand the in-home fee assistance pilot  No similar provisions
program from five to six locations.
Sec. 579 would require Service Secretaries to promote
awareness of certain child care benefits.
Sec. 623 would expand covered assistance to civilian
childcare providers to include financial assistance and free
or reduced-cost childcare services furnished by [DOD].
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