Air Force Manual 34-251: Air Force school-age programs
A guide for the implementation of educational programs sponsored by the Air Force
Other
Air Force/NACCRRA Quality Family Child Care (QFCC) project: Final report
An evaluation of a joint Air Force-National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies initiative to increase the supply of high-quality family child care in civilian communities near Air Force bases by implementing the Air Force model of family child care among local providers
Reports & Papers
Assessing Operation Purple: A program evaluation of a summer camp for military youth
An evaluation of Operation Purple, a free summer camp program for military children who experience parental deployment, that examines curriculum implementation and participant outcomes related to communicating feelings about deployment-related stress, understanding military culture and service, and environmental knowledge and practice, based on camp director reports and visitor logs and on a comparison of pre- and posttest parent and child surveys from participants and matched nonparticipants
Reports & Papers
Assessing Operation Purple: A program evaluation of a summer camp for military youth [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of Operation Purple, a free summer camp program for military children who experience parental deployment, that examines curriculum implementation and participant outcomes related to communicating feelings about deployment-related stress, understanding military culture and service, and environmental knowledge and practice, based on camp director reports and visitor logs and on a comparison of pre- and posttest parent and child surveys from participants and matched nonparticipants
Executive Summary
Be all that we can be: Lessons from the military for improving our nation's child care system
An examination of ways in which the military made significant improvements in its child care system, including the military?s approach to improving quality, keeping care affordable for parents, and expanding availability, with lessons on how similar improvements might be made in civilian child care
Other
Be all that we can be: Lessons from the military for improving our nation's child care system: 2004 follow-up
Highlights from a 2004 follow-up study on the military’s systematic approach to quality child care by the National Women’s Law Center
Reports & Papers
Child care: How do military and civilian center costs compare?
A comparison between the costs of providing early childhood education and care services through military programs and civilian programs
Reports & Papers
Child care: Like the military, is it time for shared responsibility?
A discussion of child care and federal child care policy in the United States, with an examination of the United States military child care system as the basis for a national child care model
Other
Child care: Like the military, is it time for shared responsibility? [Executive summary]
A summary of a discussion of child care and federal child care policy in the United States, with an examination of the United States military child care system as the basis for a national child care model
Executive Summary
Child care use and satisfaction among military families with preschool children: Technical report
A study of the child care arrangements, satisfaction, and costs of military families with children under six years old, based on survey data
Reports & Papers
Child care use and satisfaction among military families with preschool children: Technical report [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the child care arrangements, satisfaction, and costs of military families with children under six years old, based on survey data
Executive Summary
Child development services
A description of the policy and procedures for the establishment of Child Development Services (CDS) under the United States Army
Other
Continuity of care, professional community, and the policy context: Potential benefits for infant and toddler teachers’ professional development
A study of the benefits of a continuity of care (COC) in a military child care context in which caregivers care for the same children from birth to age two, an examination of the approach to caregiver professional development used in this context, and the role of military policy in the work and professional development of center staff, based on interviews with four staff members of an Air Force child development center (CDC)
Reports & Papers
Department of Defense Instruction (Number 6060.3): School-Age Care (SAC) program
A guide for the implementation of educational programs sponsored by the Military Services programs under the Department of Defense
Other
[Department of Defense policies on accommodating children with special needs in child care programs]
A study of United States Department of Defense child care policies for serving children with special needs, based on a review of documents and interviews with key informants
Reports & Papers
Does the military child care system serve its purpose?
A summary of an assessment of the military child care system's success in terms of its U.S. Department of Defense goals and a discussion of options for transforming the system
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Examining child care need among military families
A study of the child care choices and unmet child care needs of military families, based on a survey of families of active-duty military members
Reports & Papers
Examining child care need among military families [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the child care choices and unmet child care needs of military families, based on a survey of families of active-duty military members
Executive Summary
Examining the cost of military child care
A study of the costs associated with providing care to children in Department of Defense (DoD)-operated Child Development Centers
(CDCs), Family Child Care (FCC) homes, and centers operated by
outside providers under contract
Reports & Papers
Examining the effects of accreditation on military child development center operations and outcomes
A study assessing the value of military Child Development Center accreditation over the benefits associated with Department of Defense certification
Reports & Papers
Improving the delivery of military child care: An analysis of current operations and new approaches
A survey-based assessment of how current military child care systems meet families' needs in terms of accessibility, quality, readiness, and affordability, and recommendations for new policies regarding the organization and structure of military child care
Reports & Papers
Investment or overkill: Should military child development centers be accredited?
A discussion of pressure put upon child care providers located on military installations to become accredited or certified
Reports & Papers
Making quality child care possible: Lessons learned from NACCRRA's military partnerships
A discussion of lessons learned from efforts to improve military child care that can be used to improve the quality of civilian child care
Other
Making quality child care possible: Lessons learned from NACCRRA's military partnerships [Executive summary]
A summary of a discussion of lessons learned from efforts to improve military child care that can be used to improve the quality of civilian child care
Executive Summary
Marine Corps Order P1710.30D: Marine Corps children and youth programs
A publication of policies and standards of the Marine Corps Children and Youth Program, a variety of integrated, balanced, quality programs for eligible children ages 6 weeks to 18 years
Other
