Family Child Care Office
Facility Hours
Phone Number: (907) 377-3635
Suite 101 in the Eielson City Center
Conveniently located inside the Eielson City Center, Suite 101, Eielson’s Family Child Care office provides you with resources and alternatives to center-based child care. We offer regular care of children in the home of a licensed FCC Provider. Care is provided on a full time, part time, or hourly basis.
In an FCC home there are no more than 6 children present under the age of 12. The Air Force has developed a system to use in offering this program. Individuals who want to operate an FCC home must meet certain base requirements before offering child care. Operating an FCC home on base is a privilege granted by the MSG Commander to individuals who have satisfactorily completed training requirements, home inspections and agency screenings.
FCC is designed to ensure the health and safety of the children cared for are protected, and the operation of such homes does not detract from the quality of life of Air Force families. Meals served to the children in care meet the guidelines of the USDA child and adult care food program.
Children ages 2 weeks through 12 years of any active-duty, DoD civilians or primary contractors on or supported by USAFA are eligible. Child care is provided on an equal opportunity basis in all FCC homes. Children are required to have current up-to-date immunizations.
For more information, or to request care, please visit militarychildcare.com or call Eielson’s FCC Coordinator at 377-3635.
The EDC Program is designed to assist families when weekly parental workloads, due to extended duty hours, exceed the normal operating hours of the facility where they are already purchasing full-time care.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Member of the Military Service Active Duty, Reserve/Guard Member in Active Status, or DoD Civilian
• Assigned to or working on the installation
• Must be scheduled to work - work must directly impact the mission
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• Must be purchasing full-time care
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request
The SUB Program is designed to assist family’s utilization of an FCC home and pay the same weekly fee they would be charged for child care in an Air Force Child Development Center (CDC) or Air Force School-Age Care (SAC) Program.
Currently, Air Force is buying down the cost of child care for those families who have: children/youth on the waiting list when there are no spaces available in the CDC or SAC; children/youth with special needs; parents that work outside the normal operation hours of the CDC or SAC.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Member of the Military Service Active Duty, Reserve/Guard Member in Active Status, or DoD Civilian
• All adults living in the household must be either working or enrolled in school
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request
The FCC 24/7 Child Care Program is designed to assist families when their work schedules are outside the normal operating hours of the facility where they are already purchasing full-time care. This program is specifically designed to support shift workers and any personnel who are required to work overnights, holiday, and weekends.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Member of the Military Service
• Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in Active Status
• Assigned to or working on the installation
• Must be scheduled to work – work must directly impact the mission
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• Must be purchasing full-time care
• Copy of schedule
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request
The WWC Program is designed to assist families when the Wounded Warrior has medical and/or military appointments.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Member of the Military Service with a Wounded Warrior Status
• Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in activated status
• Retiree
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request
The HCC Program is designed to provide child care for those members of the Guard and Reserves (CAT A and B) during their regularly scheduled, or properly rescheduled, drill periods. This care is for Training Periods and Unit Training Assemblies only. Other forms of inactive Duty training (e.g. RMPS and AFTPs) do not qualify for HCC. In addition, individuals on active duty orders (e.g. AT, ADOS, MPA or RPA) do not qualify for HCC.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Member of the Military Service
• Reserve or Guard
• Assigned to an Air Force Guard or Reserve Unit/Installation
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• AF Form 40As must be provided for Rescheduled Drills
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request
The EMC Program is designed to assist families who are experiencing a medical situation with an immediate family member.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Member of the Military Service
• Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in activated status
• Assigned to or working on the installation
• No other adult in the household available to provide care
• Medical statement for immediate family member
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request
The Air Force Aid Society PCS Program is designed to help relieve some of the stress felt by families in the process of a PCS move. AFAS PCS provides 20 hours of child care per child at both the departing and inbound installation. Families may use the child care 60 days before the family’s departure and 60 days upon arriving at the new installation.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Member of the Air Force
• Active Duty
• Active Duty Member Retiring
• Completed Child Care for PCS Certificate
• Copy of PCS orders
The Deployment/Remote Assignment Child Care Support allows families 16 hours for pre-deployment, 16 hours each month of the deployment/remote assignment, and 16 hours post-deployment.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Member of the Military Service
• Active Duty or Reserve/Guard Member in Active Status
• Assigned to or working on the installation
• Deployed in support of a contingency operation
• Deployed for a minimum of 30 calendar days or personnel who routinely deploy on a short-term basis (cumulative of 30 days in a 6 month period)
• Copy of deployment orders/PCS orders
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request
The ORC Program is designed to assist Air Force families at overseas locations with short-term, specialist child care to help reduce the stresses associated with caring for an exceptional family member. Sibling care is also available up to age 13 years.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Member of the Air Force
• Active Duty
• Verification of at least one family member who has been identified as an Exceptional Family Member
• Airman must be Q-coded
• Completed AF FCC ECC Request
Being a Family Child Care Provider is a rewarding job. Part of being a provider is helping children grow and to provide the parents with a sense of security knowing that their children are in safe hand. The minimum requirements to become a provider are applicants must be at least 18 years of age, holds a high school diploma or GED, seeks continuing training and education and is open to new ideas about family child care. Also, all family members over the age of 12 must be able to pass a criminal background check. We provide training, lending library materials, and support to our Providers as they operate their own business. Our extensive training program teaches our Providers about child development, guidance, safety, nutrition and health, as well as business management.
