The Secretary of Defense may use appropriated funds available for military child care purposes to provide assistance to family home day care providers so that family home day care services can be provided to members of the armed forces at a cost comparable to the cost of services provided by military child development centers. The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the provision of such assistance.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Priority for Certain Military Family Housing to a Member of the Armed Forces Whose Spouse Agrees To Provide Family Home Day Care Services
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title VI, §627, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3678, provided that:
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"(1) The terms 'child care employee', 'family home day care', and 'military child development center' have the meanings given those terms in section 1800 of title 10, United States Code.
"(2) The term 'covered military family housing' means military family housing—
"(A) located on a military installation described in subsection (a); and
"(B) that the Secretary of the military department concerned determines is large enough to provide family home day care services to no fewer than six children (not including children in the household of the eligible military spouse).
"(3) The term 'eligible military spouse' means a military spouse who—
"(A) is eligible for military family housing;
"(B) is eligible to provide family home day care services;
"(C) has provided family home day care services for at least one year; and
"(D) agrees in writing to provide family home day care services in covered military family housing for a period not shorter than one year."