What's New

• The reconfirm process has been turned on and families that are 45 days from the Date Care Needed (DCN) or 60 days after DCN have been placed into a reconfirm cycle.
• The system will collect information on where children are currently receiving care for applicable care types.
• When reconfirming care, a family or program user on behalf of a family will be prompted to select or update where the child is receiving care for applicable care types.
• The Where Children with Unmet Need are Receiving Care Report has been taken offline to conduct some additional analysis on the data.

• Families can update their summer camp requests to include weeks previously declined or expired that can still be offered
• When the start or end date is changed for a summer camp care option, all families who placed a request prior to the date change will receive a system generated message
• Once an offer is made for any request associated to the summer camp care option, the schedule cannot be changed

• Families will now indicate where their child is currently receiving care
• A new report, Where Children with Unmet Need Are Receiving Care, is now available
• An offer will remain visible on the family's My Child Care page and the Manage Care tab when it is accepted until a program user completes the offer
• Text was added to the Care Option Setup to further explain the care option Effective Date

• Families will now indicate in their household whether the sponsor and/or spouse is working full-time or part-time
• Users with appropriate permissions can now generate the Children with Immediate Need and Children with Unmet Needs for region and branch

• Adjustments to the custom age range so only children up to the end month, and not through, are returned when describing space during the offer process
• Updates to text contained on the Search for Care screens to clarify what it means when a family indicates they will provide transportation
• Updates to the Summer Camp offer notification to include only the weeks included in the current offer, not weeks previously offered to the child

• New functionality for Children on the Cusp of the next age group or age range
• Various updates to the Make Offer Workflow
• 2 new reports: Children with Immediate Needs at Multiple Installations and Children with Unmet Needs at Multiple Installations
• Updates to text contained on the Search for Care screens
• Updates to text contained in reconfirm notifications
• IE, Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, and Firefox users will no longer receive a certification warning when accessing MilitaryChildCare.com

This document, the Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 6060.02 “Child Development Programs (CDPs)” signed August 5, 2014, establishes policy, assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures for providing child care to minor children (birth through age 12 years) of individuals who are eligible for care in Department of Defense (DoD) sanctioned CDPs.

This memorandum provides updates to the February 21, 2020 Policy Change Memorandum concerning child care priorities. Coast Guard Service members (Active Duty and Reserve Component) and civilian employees will hold the same priority as equivalent DoD Service members and civilian employees.

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