Family Child Care
Advantages of FCC
A warm family environment, well-trained providers and flexible service hours are only the beginning of what FCC homes can offer families. There are expanded programs available through FCC such as Subsidy where families pay the same rates as those charged by the child development and youth centers. There is Extended Duty Care for unexpected or temporary extra work hours and Home Community Care is available to support UTA primary weekend duty. There is also Returning Home Care, PCS Care and Volunteer Care. Air Force Service or Air Force Aid funds all the Expanded Programs.
Location and Office Hours
Office hours are
Monday - Thursday 7:30 - 4:30
Friday 7:30 - 12:30
FCC homes are located on Main Lackland, Medina Training Annex, Kelly Field and off base locations. The 37th Mission Support Group Commander licenses these homes. The off base affiliate homes must be must live within 10 miles of the FCC Office and must be registered with Department of Human Services prior to attending FCC training or being affiliated through Lackland Air Force Base.
Training and Licensing
Each provider must have a family interview in their home and attend orientation training, First Aid and CPR classes. Background checks are accomplished on every person in the home 12 years of age and older. In the first two years every provider must successfully complete the FCC modules developed for home care. Once the modules are complete each provider must complete 24 clock hours of training each year. The FCC panel, consisting of The Family Member Programs Flight Chief, The Chief of Services and the 37th Mission Support Group Deputy, will grant a Standard License or Affiliate Certificate for 12 months. The panel also determines how many children each provider will be authorized for care. At the end of this two-year period the provider must advance to the next level of license which is Developmental. In order to achieve this level the provider will be expected to prepare for and become nationally accredited by the National Association of Family Child Care.
Unlicensed Care
Only licensed providers may provide care in government quarters. It is illegal for anyone in government quarters to provide more
than 10 hours of care in a week or any amount of care on a regular or
recurring basis. Failure
to comply could result in loss of base housing privileges or possible
personal liability suits. Families should be aware that the United
States Air Force is not liable for problems occurring in unlicensed
care.
Child Care Requirements
Air Force Instruction 34-276 prohibits the use of privitized or base quarters for child care unless licensed by the 37 Mission Support Group Commander. Residents providing care on a regular basis for more than 10 hours a week must be licensed. Additionally, unlicensed providers are not permitted to advertise in base publications or post advertisements on base bulletin boards. Licensed homes can be identified by the FCC logo displayed on thier door or window. For more information contact the FCC office at 671-3791 or 671-3376.
Become a Family Child Care Provider
Are you interested in having your own business within the flexibility of your own home? Family Child Care is looking for individuals interested in caring for children. There is a continious need for infant care. All start up materials and training is provided by the Family Child Care Office. For more information, contact the FCC office at 671-3791 or 671-3376 or come by bldg 8205 to pick up an application.
Expanded Programs
The Family Child Care subsidy program will help
working parents find high quality and affordable child care services. Parents seeking full time child care services
will be set in one of the six categories based on the family’s
total annual income and pay the same rates in FCC homes as they would
at an one of the child care centers or school age programs at Lackland,
Families eligible for the subsidy program at Lackand are active duty
members, DOD employees, and Armed Forces retirees who have dependents
between 6 weeks and 23 months and are on the waiting list for the child
development center. Additionally,
the subsidy program is offerd to dependents
with special needs, and dependents needing child care services during
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Returning Home Care
The Returning Home program is designed to provide an opportunity for deployed parents to become reacquainted with their family. The Returning Home Care program offers deployed parents up to 16 hours of free child care per child aged 12 and under. Eligible users are active duty members, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members returning from 30 day- or more OPERATION Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) deployments (not for regular deployments). The Returning Home Care program is offered exclusively in the Extended Duty Care FCC home. For additional information, contact the Resource and Referral or Family Child Care office at 671-3380, 671-3791 or 671-3376.
Extended Duty Care
Extended Duty Child Care Program offers child
care in a licensed FCC home to parents who require child care arrangements
beyond the normal 50 hours a week. This program is available to active
duty military, reservists, and DOD employees who need care for mission-related
duty, extended workdays, temporary shift changes, unplanned weekend
duty, and rapid mobilization or deployment.
Before any eligible person may use this program there are two requirements to fulfill;
1. The eligible person’s supervisor must email a memorandum to one of the coordinators.
2. In addition the eligible person must sign a contract to be on file at the FCC office.
Both a sample of the supervisor’s email and the contract may be found at forms at the bottom of this page.
The Coordinators’ email addresses are at contact us.
For additional information, contact the Resource and Referral or Family Child Care office at 671-3380, 671-3791 or 671-3376.
PCS Care
A PCS move is never easy and children can feel stressed too. The intent of this program is to provide parents the opportunity to have their children cared for while they are getting ready to leave a base or arriving at a new base….while packing, unpacking, in-processing, house hunting, attending briefings, etc. The Family Child Care office in collaboration with the Mission Support Flight’s Family Support Center and the Air Force Aid Society provide the child care only in licensed Family Child Care homes for the PCS program. (Contact Resource and Referral for a list of license providers @ 210-671-3380 or DSN 473-3380.) Certificates are issued by the Family Support Center, bldg 1249, 2160 Kenley Ave or at the Military Personnel Flight, bldg 1249, 1561 Stewart Street, to active duty member or spouse on PCS orders either arriving at Lackland or departing from Lackland. (Please bring one copy of your orders.) Certificates are good for child care within 60 days of issue. Certificates must be shown at the time care is provided to verify eligibility.
Volunteer Care
Those who volunteer through the Red Cross, Air Force Aid Society and Family Support Center for twenty or more hours a week are eligible to receive free child care services in a licensed FCC home. Certificates are issued by the Family Support Center, Bldg 1249, 2160 Kenley Ave or at the Military Personnel Flight, Bldg 5616, 1561 Stewart Street. Certificates must be shown at the time of care to verify eligibility.
For additional information, contact the Resource and Referral or Family Child Care office at 671-3380, 671-3791 or 671-3376
Begin Your Own Government Quarters
or Home-Based Business
Far from a simple baby-sitting service, you can become a child care professional with USAF Family Child Care. At minimal cost, you can operate your own government quarters or home-based business, set your own hours and begin to care for children on an hourly, part day, full-day or extended basis,. This business would allow you to be with your own children, and help them and other children develop and learn, all with the comforts of home.
The Family Child Care program makes it easy for
you to nurture and care for children in the friendly, warm environment
of your own home with free training in the following areas:
- Preparing Your Home for Family Child Care
- Marketing Your Business
- CPR First Aid
- Nutrition/Menu Planning
- Guiding Children’s Behavior
- And Much More!
In addition to the training, a free lending program allows you to set up your business. The Resource Center offers extensive equipment and supplies, there is everything you need-from books to outdoor play equipment. The lending program also includes a wide range of child development and safety items such as games, toys, gates, first-aid kits, electrical outlet covers, cribs, and general supplies. Visit our program to view the myriad of choices offered.
For more information on becoming a provider, please contact the FCC Coordinators at 671-3376.
Complete and submit to the Family
Child Care Office at
37 MSG/SVYD
Bldg 8205
2110 Puckett
Lackland AFB, TX 78236
Family
Child Care License Application (AF Form 1928)
FCC Conviction Statement
USDA Program
Family Child Care providers must participate in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. This program reimburses providers for meals to the children in their care, including their own. It also ensures the children are receiving nutritious and well-balanced meals and that providers receive financial compensation for participating.
USDA Coordinator:
Marguerite Moore
Telephone: (210) 671-3379, DSN 473-3379
Fax: (210) 671-0276, DSN 473-0276
Email: Marguerite.Moore@lackland.af.mil
USDA Clerk:
Virginia Canales
Telephone: 210-671-3381, DSN 473-3381
Forms
Providers’
Monthly Report
Emergency
Numbers On Base
Emergency
Numbers for Kelly Field and Affiliates
Air
Force Extended Duty Care Time Sheet
Subsidy
Week Registry
Youth Flight
Accident Report (AF Form 1187)
Family
Day Care License Application (AF Form 1928)
FCC Conviction Statement
EDC Statement
HCC Statement
RHC Statement
Office Hours 7:30 am - 4: 30 pm, Monday-Friday The 37th Mission Support Group Family Members Program operates three child care development centers for dependents of active duty members, reservists, national guardsmen, DOD employees, contractors on Lackland, and retirees. The waiting time for an available slot for 6 weeks to 35 months is approximately three to six months; often, but not always, there are immediate openings for 36 months – 5 years in the child development centers located on Lackland and Kelly USA. Customers need not travel to the three child care development centers located on Lackland and Kelly USA to request child care, rather just stop by and visit our “center hub” at our Resource and Referral office, at 2110 Puckett (Bldg 8205). If you wish you may fax the “Child Care Request Package” to the Resource and Referral office to register for our child care centers. |
Child Care Request Package Request for Care: DD Form 2606 (Completed) CDC Waiting List Parents' Survey (Completed) Child Placement Questionnaire (Completed) Waiting List Memorandum of Understanding (Completed) Lackland Special Needs Medical Profile (Completed if Child Has Special Needs) |
Once a copy of your PCS orders and a completed child care request package is received in the Resource and Referral office, the coordinator will determine your child's priority and place your child on the waiting list. Once you arrived in San Antonio, you must stop by or call the Resource and Referral office to inform the coordinator that you are in the local area and update any information (work number(s), email address, home number, cell phone & etc). At that time, the Resource & Referral Coordinator will inform you if there is an available slot in one of three child development centers or will assist you with finding care in Family Child Care. A current list of licensed child care providers who offer care in their homes, on and off base, can be emailed to you in advance of your arrival. |
Diana Dyer, Coordinator