- Description
- 1 online resource (i, 24 pages) : color illustrations, photograph
- Summary
- DOD operates the largest employer- sponsored child care program in the U.S., which it views as essential to overall mission readiness, retention, and recruitment for the military. The DOD child care program aims to provide quality, available, and affordable care for military families, and includes on-base options, as well as fee assistance for families who use community-based child care. A report accompanying Senate bill 1790, which was amended and enacted as the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, includes a provision for GAO to examine the DOD child care program. This report describes (1) how DOD child care supports the learning and development of young children, and how DOD seeks to ensure its quality; and (2) how the DOD child care program supports the readiness of service members and their families.
- Alternative Title
- Military child care: Department of Defense efforts to provide affordable, quality care for families
- DOD efforts to provide affordable, quality care for families
- GAO-23-105518 Military child care
- Subject
- Note
- "GAO-23-105518."
- "February 2023."
- In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (GAO, viewed February 7, 2023).
- Contents
- Background -- Research links quality child care to positive outcomes for children, and DOD as taken steps to ensure quality care -- The DOD child care program supports readiness by providing access to care for military families -- Agency comment -- Appendices.
- Call Number
- GPO Internet GA 1.13:GAO-23-105518
- OCLC
- marcive1369033308
- Author
United States. Government Accountability Office, author.
- Title
Military child care : DOD efforts to provide affordable, quality care for families : report to congressional committees / United States Government Accountability Office.
- Publisher
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2023.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Connect to:
- Running Title
GAO-23-105518 Military child care
- Gpo Item No.
0546-D (online)
- Sudoc No.
GA 1.13:GAO-23-105518