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Military Child Care: Extensive, Diverse, and Growing

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 8, 1989
Report No. HRD-89-3
Subject
Summary:

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed child care services provided by continental U.S. military installations.

GAO found that: (1) as of February 9, 1988, child development centers had the capacity to care for 38,505 children, and family day care homes could serve 23,719 children; (2) day care centers generally offered more care to young children and more part-time care than child development centers; and (3) although child care capacity increased by 82 percent since 1984, 24,729 children were on waiting lists for center care on February 9, 1988.

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