Thank you for your interest in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Child Care in Your Home (CCYH), formerly known as In-Home Child Care (IHCC), Fee Assistance Pilot Program administered by Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA). Furthering its commitment to support service members and military families securing child care that fits their family’s needs, the DoD initiated the CCYH pilot program to provide fee assistance to eligible military families towards the costs for their full-time, in-home child care providers and nannies.
The CCYH pilot program will offer fee assistance towards full-time child care costs, defined as a minimum of 30 hours to a maximum of 60 hours of child care weekly. Parents are responsible for their DoD fees based on their Total Family income, and fees in excess of 60 hours of care weekly. Care is administered in the military family’s home and is not limited to Monday through Friday or time of day. Eligible families are responsible for finding and hiring their CCYH provider to care for their child(ren).
The CCYH pilot program is offered in 11 regions that have high demand and the longest wait lists for installation sponsored child care. The following locations are currently eligible for the CCYH pilot program:
The CCYH pilot program is not available in every state or region, and is limited in capacity. All families interested in participating should use the following instructions to place a Request for Care for their child(ren) to be added to the waiting list as soon as they know care is needed.
For information about the CCYH pilot program or your family’s eligibility, you may review the Child Care in Your Home Fee Assistance Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
The Department of Defense made the following enhancements for pilot year three to better support families using the CCYH pilot program.
All Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force single active duty, dual active duty, and Guard/Reserve service members on active duty with a full-time working spouse, or spouse enrolled full-time in a postsecondary institution, interested in participating in the CCYH pilot program for full-time child care fee assistance must create a household profile on MilitaryChildCare.com (MCC).
All eligible service members located in the identified 11 regions will be provided an option within MCC to request installation sponsored child care and CCYH fee assistance. To request the CCYH Fee Assistance Pilot Program, please select the CCYH Fee Assistance option and follow the directions outlined on MilitaryChildCare.com. Once a request through MCC has been made, you may receive follow up emails through MCC providing additional information about the pilot program.
If you are extended an offer for the CCYH Fee Assistance Pilot Program, the offer will be issued through MilitaryChildCare.com. The offer email will provide instructions on how to accept the space, as well as the need to complete an application in the CCAoA fee assistance enrollment portal and submit supporting documents within 5 business days of accepting. After you have created an account in the enrollment portal, you must then complete the electronic fee assistance application, upload the applicable supporting family and provider eligibility documents listed under the section Required Supporting Application Documents, and submit your application online at the link provided in the offer email you received. Your application should be submitted even if you have not yet selected and hired your CCYH provider. Once your application and supporting documents are received and reviewed, CCAoA will contact you regarding your eligibility, as well as the next steps in the application process.
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force single active duty, dual active duty, and Guard or Reserve service members on active duty with a full-time working spouse or spouse enrolled full-time in a postsecondary institution currently on the MilitaryChildCare.com waitlist in the 11 regions are eligible to participate. If families are not yet on the waitlist but need child care, they can create an account at MilitaryChildCare.com and submit their request for Child Care In Your Home.
Providers may be a member of the military family (which includes a grandparent, aunt, uncle, older sibling, first cousin, niece, nephew, etc.) Sponsors, spouses or legal guardians may not participate as the CCYH provider for their child(ren). Additionally, all providers must successfully complete and maintain current background check requirements and complete required initial training including pediatric CPR and first aid, child abuse prevention, safe sleep, and care for children with special needs, if needed. The provider and family must also commit to semi-annual monitoring so that ongoing oversight following the initial training provided. The following background check requirements must be completed with favorable outcomes for all CCYH providers:
If the provider previously completed the background check requirements above, they must be current which is defined as no more than five years old.
Providers interested in applying to CCYH pilot program must visit CCAoA’s provider fee assistance webpage to review the required supporting eligibility documents and submit an application.
Please be advised that the CCYH Fee Assistance Pilot Program is not an entitlement program and is subject to the availability of funds.
Spouse/Non-Military Parent Information (applies to unmarried parents living in the same household, or parents sharing custody of the children) If the spouse/non-military parent is employed, one month’s worth of pay stubs with verification that they are working 30 hours per week or 100 hours per month. If they are unable to provide pay stubs due to recent employment, please have their supervisor complete the Employment Verification Form for a 60 day approval period, while we wait for the Spouse/Non-Military Parent to submit one month’s worth of their pay stubs.
If the spouse/non-military parent is in school, they will need to provide a school schedule that includes the student name, institution, semester dates and credit hours. Students must meet 12+ credit hours for undergrad and 9+ credit hours for graduate to meet full-time requirements.
A spouse/non-military parent in school part-time and working part-time is defined as part-time Under Graduate enrolled for 6 credit hours or part-time Graduate Student enrolled for 3 credit hours, and working on a regularly scheduled part-day basis for fewer than 6 hours per day, usually fewer than 4 days per week.
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Child Care Aware® of America is a not-for-profit organization recognized as tax-exempt under the internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and the organization’s Federal Identification Number (EIN) is 94-3060756.
Child Care Aware® of America is a not-for-profit organization recognized as tax-exempt under the internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and the organization’s Federal Identification Number (EIN) is 94-3060756.
