Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
By Appointment Only
Closed Federal Holidays & PACAF Family Days
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2518 Central Ave, Eielson AFB, AK 99702 Eielson City Center, Bldg. 3310 Suite 101
Family Child Care
Your Family, Your Choice
Family Child Care provides a safe, developmentally appropriate home environment to care for children so parents can focus 100% on the Eielson mission. Children ages 2 weeks to 12 years are engaged in developmentally appropriate activities in licensed homes on or within a designated radius of Eielson AFB. Family Child Care (FCC) is committed to ensuring children’s safety, health, and well-being, enabling parents to focus on their military mission with the knowledge their children are well-taken care.
Any adult offering regular child care in privatized base housing MUST be licensed according to their lease contract.
Choose Home-Based Child Care
Families who prefer quality child care in a home setting can rest assured that our Family Child Care services are both nationally accredited, and highly regulated.
Family Child Care solutions are available to fit virtually every schedule, deployment, or special need.
What Parents Need to Know
FCC providers undergo a stringent licensing procedure, including training, home inspections, and background checks. This includes a 15 module license qualification training, as well as 24 hours of recurring annual training. FCC providers are also CPR and First Aid certified.
To ensure the safety and well-being of the children in their care, FCC providers undergo regular, mandatory training requirements and receive monthly, unannounced home observations. Meals and snacks for children are planned to meet USDA requirements, and FCC homes are smoke-free environments where no pets are allowed around children. Children’s television viewing is limited to one hour of child-appropriate programming, and FCC providers are trained to use only positive discipline techniques—physical punishments are strictly prohibited. In addition to the above measures, FCC providers and family members complete annual security clearances.
Be Your Own Boss
The program is seeking out the right candidates to provide childcare in their own homes. Providers are offered free training, free equipment, ability to set your own schedule, accreditation assistance, and multiple paid incentives.
Providers receive extensive training in child development, positive guidance techniques, CPR, first-aid, health, safety, fire prevention, nutrition, reporting of child abuse, and food handling before obtaining a license. FCC homes are licensed by the group commander in coordination with health, fire, and safety agencies. They are also monitored by the FCC Coordinator.
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.
Earn $5K+ per month!
Significant recruitment and retention incentives are available.
We pay you to take care of your own children, eligible to be part of your FCC program ratio.
Advance your career by becoming an accredited Provider.
Receive valuable training and experience that is transferable to a position at the Child Development Center or Youth Program.
Types of Care
Extended Duty Care
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
Subsidy Program
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, the 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
FCC 24/7
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
Wounded Warrior Care
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
Home Community Care
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
Emergency Medical Care
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
Child Care for PCS
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. Eligible members with a Permanent Change of Station (PCS), Retirement, Palace Chase, or Separation from service order will apply for funding through the AFAS portal at https://portal.afas.org. Approved funds will be directly deposited into the member’s designated bank account via Zelle or ACH to cover allowable childcare expenses.
- $200 per dependent child up to age 12 (not to exceed $1,000 per family) will be provided to eligible members
- Funds can be used for the following childcare providers:
- Base Child Development/Youth Centers offering a monthly GPAB event with a minimum of 8 children in attendance
- Family Child Care (FCC) provider homes at assigned installations
- Day Care Centers or Day Care Providers on or off the installation
Eligibility Expansion:
- Active-duty Air Force and Space Force members. Must apply within 60 days of arrival or departure.
- Air National Guard and Reserve members activated under Title 10, USC for more than 15 days with a PCS order. Must apply within 60 days of arrival or departure.
- Air Force and Space Force members with retirement orders, including those on the Temporary Disability Retired List (TDRL), Palace Chase, or when separating from active-duty service. These categories are eligible within 60 days at the departure location
Deployment/Remote Assignment Child Care
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
OCONUS Respite Care
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
Give Parents a Break
Eligible members holding a GPAB Certificate of Eligibility will apply for funding through the AFAS portal at https://portal.afas.org. Approved funds will be directly deposited into the member’s designated bank account via Zelle or ACH to cover allowable child care expenses.
- $40 per dependent child per month for up to 3 months will be provided to eligible members.
- Funds can be used for the following childcare providers:
- Base Child Development/Youth Centers offering a monthly GPAB event with a minimum of 8 children in attendance
- Family Child Care (FCC) provider homes at assigned installations
- Day Care Centers or Day Care Providers on or off the installation
Child Care Options For Eielson
Needing childcare? Whether you’re looking at the CDC, SAP, or an FCC home, all families must request care through MilitaryChildCare.com — the DoD’s official site for military-operated facilities. Fees are based on total family income and calculated upon acceptance. Here’s your guide to understanding your options:
MCC – Military Child Care
Create one account to access all military-affiliated childcare options, including:
- Child Development Centers (CDCs)
- School Age Programs (SAP)
- Family Child Care (FCC) Homes
– Includes facilities on Ft. Wainwright and Eielson AFB
– FCC Providers may reside on base or in nearby communities
– Central hub for joining waitlists
MCCYN – Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood
Worried about the cost of off-base childcare? MCCYN can help!
- Offers fee assistance for approved community-based providers
- Families can search via Thread Alaska or AK Dept. of Health
- Your child gets care, and you get financial support
Offset high care costs without sacrificing quality
MCCYH – Military Child Care in Your Home
- Need flexible, in-home care for nontraditional hours?
- You select and contract a caregiver to come to your home
- DoD provides a financial supplementGreat option for shift workers or unique schedules
Personalized care, supported by the military
