Childcare Resources

Military Child Care (click link to apply or get more info) connects you to the full range of military child care options available to your family, including:

• • Child Development Centers (CDCs)

    • On-post child care centers that offer full-day and hourly care for children, in nationally accredited environments 

  • Family Child Care (FCC)

    • FCC provides quality home based care for children 4 weeks to 12 years old  in the private home of a certified family childcare provider living in government-owned or leased housing. Family childcare is typically available weekdays and with additional care provided during evenings, weekends and flexible hourly care for shift work.

  • 24/7 Centers

Due to a high demand, Fort Bragg has about 400 families on the waitlist at any given time. That being said, if you know when your family will be requiring childcare, create an account on MCC and submit a Request for Care (RFC) as soon as possible.

To help make childcare more affordable, all military-connected childcare programs use a sliding fee scale based on your Total Family Income. To learn more about how child care fees are determined, visit the “Parent Fees for Military Child Care” section at the bottom of the linked Military Child Care page.

When you submit a Request for Care (RFC) on MilitaryChildCare.com, your place on the waitlist is based on a combination of two key factors:

1. Your DoD-assigned priority

   • Order of high to low priority status: single parent active-duty, dual active-duty households, active-duty members with a full-time working spouse, active-duty members with a part-time working spouse. 

2. The date you submit your Request for Care.

Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood (click link for more info) is a fee assistance program that keeps affordable child care in reach for eligible families. It’s intended for families who cannot access military-operated care due to distance or waitlists.

With fee assistance, a portion of your child care cost is paid to reduce the cost of using community-based care to what you would pay if your child(ren) attended military-operated childcare with a provider cap of $1800. The goal is to make it easier for you to afford quality child care from local community providers when you cannot access military care.

MilitaryChildCare.com allows you to search the full range of military child care options. Search for care, and if it’s available, submit a request for MCCYN for each of your children.

There is an extensive list of MCCYN participating providers around Fort Bragg. 

Child Care in Your Home (CCYH) (click link for more info) is a DoD fee assistance pilot program that helps military families with the cost of full-time child care (30–60 hours per week) in their own homes. Children are eligible from 6 weeks old until they enter Kindergarten. A school-age child may be enrolled if an eligible sibling is enrolled for full-time care. Fee assistance will end when the child turns 13.

This program was designed to support families with nontraditional work hours, such as evenings, weekends, or rotating schedules. This program has limited capacity, and they cannot guarantee that every family will receive an offer.

You can apply for CCYH if you are:

1. Single/dual active duty or Guard/Reserve on active duty OR

2. Active duty or Guard/Reserve on active duty with a spouse who

   • works full time, OR

   • is enrolled full time in a postsecondary educational institution, OR

   • works part time while enrolled part time in a postsecondary educational institution.

You must find your own child care provider who is eligible, has completed all required training, and passes background checks.

Programs include: 

Kids On Site! provides short-term hourly child care to parents attending on-post meetings or functions in the same or adjacent building. CYS Services can provide  child care support to Strong Bonds events if additional staff is available. If your unit/organization would like to request and schedule Kids on Site, please email Hourly Care for a reservation request. CYS, through the Kids on Site (KOS) program is now offering free childcare during regular SFRG meetings.

CYSitters offers formal training for teens from adults who provide short term hourly child care for families in their own homes. The training covers the skills needed to safely and appropriately care for children and includes First Aid and CPR, program activities, and the “business” of babysitting. Upon completion of the training CYSitters may be included in the CYS Services’ babysitter referral list/website. Parents needing babysitters must complete a request form located at Parent Central Services.  Parents make arrangements and negotiate fees directly with the babysitter for child care services. Stop by or call Parent Central Services for additional information.

Parents on Site offers support services for the operation and management of parent co-ops that exchange babysitting services, infant/toddler playgroups, short-term care in unit settings by Family members in another unit or organization. 

Kids At Home offers non-traditional outreach services to support families with children/youth whose primary care/educational setting is in their own home. The programs offer “imAlone” classes and support for enrolled children (11-15 years) whose parents have determined that they can be home alone during out-of-school hours. 

School of Knowledge, Inspiration, Exploration and Skills (SKIESUnlimited) offers a range of out-of-school classes such as music, dance, martial arts, gymnastics, technology, life skills, and SAT prep and athletic experiences. All classes are provided by CYS Services employees and contract instructors in a variety of settings.