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Family Child CareAF Family Child Care—Supporting the Mission through Love, Learning, and Caring for Military Children and Their Families
Family Child Care provides a valuable in-home child care option to support the families of Dyess AFB. Family Child Care is the perfect solution for parents who want quality child care in a small, relaxed, home-like setting. The goal of the FCC program is to meet the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs of children while providing a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for children. Interested in making a Childcare a home business? See Career Tab Choosing a quality family child care provider is a very important and difficult decision. A good family child care home will provide quality care within a safe environment. Children in a family child care program will experience activities that are developmentally appropriate and promote cognitive, social, emotional and physical development. In addition, age appropriate expectations and guidance can boost a child's self-esteem and offer valuable learning opportunities. When searching for the home child care provider best suited for you and your child, keep in mind that it is best to visit a provider's home when he or she has children. This gives you an opportunity to see the environment in which your child receives care. This may need to be a short visit, as he or she will need to concentrate on the children in her care. You will probably want to follow this visit up with an additional visit when the provider would be more able to focus on your questions and concerns. Always interview potential providers and don't be afraid to ask questions. Here are a few things to look for and various interview questions to ask while at a provider's home.
The Extended Duty Care (EDC) program provides child care that is affordable and accessible to military members as they perform their mission during contingency or high tempo operations. It is designed to help families who have to work longer hours, evenings, overnight, weekends and/or are experiencing a temporary shift change. Extended Duty Child Care (EDC) - The EDC program assists families in obtaining high-quality child care from licensed or affiliated providers at or near the base when weekly parental workloads, due to extended duty hours, exceed the standard 50 hours of care (typically 10 hours a day or 5-day work week) that families are already purchasing in child care programs on or off base. Families should establish a plan to meet all their child care needs e.g., short-term TDYs, shift work care where shift work is the typical assignment, family days, deployments, etc. The EDC program should be considered the “back-up plan”. Extended Duty Care can be used:
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Before providing EDC care, ensure parents provide written verification from their supervisor stating that he/she may need to work in excess of their 50-hour workweek or will experience temporary shift changes. Ensure specific dates and times are listed. The care could be for single-use, weekly, or more depending on the need. The FCC Coordinator will make reservations with the EDC provider for the days and times care is needed. In case of short notice requirements on weekends, parents may contact the EDC provider directly and provide an EDC Parent Statement following the weekend. Returning Home Care (RHC) - The RHC program provides child care for children ages 12 and under. Up to 16 hours of care per child per six-month period is available to those Active Duty members, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members returning to their home stations after deployments of a minimum of 30 calendar days or personnel who routinely deploy on a short-term basis (cumulative of 30 days in a six month period) in support of contingency operations and members returning for a 2-week R&R leave. Care for the Returning Home Care program is provided by an Extended Duty Care FCC home. The program is designed to provide an opportunity for the deployed parent to become reacquainted with their family. The 16 hours should be used within 30 days from returning to their home station but not longer than 60 days. The Returning Home Care program is offered exclusively in an Extended Duty Care FCC home. Parents requesting Returning Home Care must obtain verification of eligibility from the Military Personnel Flight or the Member’s Command Section prior to using the care Employment Opportunity: Become a Family Child Care Professional! Operate your own home-based business, set your own hours, be with your children and care for other children in your home. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! To operate an FCC home, applicants must meet numerous requirements. In addition to thorough background screenings performed by Security Police, Housing, OSI, Life Skills, and Family Advocacy, applicants are required to: The FCC Panel, which includes the Deputy Support Group Commander, the Services Squadron Commander, and the Family Member Support Flight Chief, reviews all application packets. Those applicants who have successfully completed all requirements are recommended for licensing and are then forwarded on for final approval by the Mission Support Group Commander. To ensure that high standards and quality are maintained in the FCC homes, each home undergoes unannounced observations by the FCC Coordinators and the providers conduct self-assessments that are verified by the Coordinators during their observations. The FCC program also offers a Resource Center to all licensed Providers. This center provides a variety of equipment, supplies, materials, indoor/outdoor toys, and games for use in FCC homes. This center benefits both the provider and the children in their care by providing access to items that may not otherwise be affordable. Licensed FCC Providers are welcome to participate in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food program which reimburses them for serving nutritious meals. For more information about the USDA Food Program, call 696-2839. The FCC Program publishes and continuously updates an FCC Provider List for those parents seeking child care in an FCC home. This list can be obtained at several locations throughout the base, to include Housing, Airmen and Family Readiness Center, CPO, HRO, Lodging, CDC, and FCC. For more information about the FCC Program, licensing for FCC Providers, or to obtain an FCC Provider List, please call 696-2839 or stop by our office at 366 Ave D. Becoming an FCC Provider
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