• Many providers can respond to the unique needs of military schedules such as weekends, evenings, and intermittent care.
• Care is available for infants two weeks to school-age children in one home, so siblings can stay together.
• Settings for children who do best in small groups.

• Every provider and household members age twelve and older have in-depth background checks.
• Provider’s homes receive Fire, Safety, and Public Health inspections annually or more.
• Unannounced home visits are made by the FCC Office to the home to ensure compliance with all regulations at least once per month.
• Only six children can be in care at any time, including the provider’s own children under the age of eight. Only two of these six can be under the age of two, including the provider’s own children.
• Providers purchase their own daycare liability insurance.

– Providers have the same orientation training as all CYP employees, including CPR, First Aid, health, sanitation, food handling and disease prevention, child growth and development, child abuse prevention and reporting, appropriate guidance, setting up a home environment, USDA policies and menu planning and business practices before getting licensed.

– Providers complete military standardization modules to ensure they operate a developmentally appropriate home with developmental activities.

– Assessments of each of the fifteen modules are conducted to observe providers doing developmentally appropriate hands-on activities in their home.

– Providers join a network that meets monthly to exchange views and train on special topics relating to their profession.

– The FCC Office continually works with providers to provide training, support, equipment, and guidance.