Requests for child care now available online

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  • By Mark Wyatt
  • 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Eligible families here will soon have access to a Department of Defense website that allows them to submit an online request for child care before they get to their next assignment.

The website provides a single online gateway for families to access military-operated or military-subsidized child care options worldwide across all branches of service.

“The website enables eligible families to create a household profile, conduct child care searches, submit requests for care and manage their requests at any time and from any location,” said Scott Craver, Airman and Family Services Flight chief, and Military Child Care coordinator.

The website, www.MilitaryChildCare.com, which began in 2015, will launch April 26 here at Hanscom.

The new site offers a more streamlined approach to finding and requesting care, expedites placement through a standardized request process and waitlist management tools and provides reports that help programs better plan for future placement needs.

Through the website, eligible families can search and request care for full-day and part-day options in facility-based and home-based programs for children from birth through age 12. Families may remain on a preferred program’s waitlist even after being offered care or enrolling in another program.

There are three types of child care programs available at Hanscom:

- Child Development Centers are facility-based programs for children ages six weeks through five years and operate Monday through Friday.
- School Age Care is a facility-based program for children enrolled in kindergarten through age 12, also operating Monday through Friday, as well as before and after school and during school holidays and summer break.
- The Family Child Care Program is a home-based child care option offered by certified providers who care for children ages four weeks through 12 years.

“Families at Hanscom who are currently on waitlists will automatically transition to the new web-based system,” said Craver. “These families will retain the original date of their request for care, and all program enrollment processes will remain the same.”

For additional information, including a complete list of installations, visit www.MilitaryChildCare.com or contact the MCC Help Desk by calling the toll free number 855-696-2934.

For help locally, contact either the Child Development Center at 781-225-6129, Family Child Care program at 781-225-6121 or the School Age program at 781-225-6051.