DoD launches military child care website at Travis

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  • By 2nd Lt. Sarah Johnson
  • 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Families at Travis Air Force Base, California, will have access to a new Department of Defense website starting April 27 designed to simplify and improve the child care request for care process.

MilitaryChildCare.com provides a single online gateway for families to access military-operated or military-subsidized child care options worldwide across all services. The site enables families to create a household profile, conduct child care searches, submit requests for care and manage their requests at any time and from any location.

“I am excited to see this process move along with technology, and it will save time,” said Lisa Valverde-Wymer, family child care coordinator at Travis. “Parents will now be able to keep their requests for care at the most accurate level based on their family situation and needs. Filling spaces in a timely manner will in turn serve the children and families at Travis.”

The new DoD site – which is being introduced worldwide in phases – offers a more streamlined approach to finding and requesting care, expedites placement through a standardized request process and waitlist management tools and provides reports that help programs better plan for future replacement needs.

Through MilitaryChildCare.com, eligible families can search and request care for full day and partial day options in facility-based and home-based programs for children from birth through age 12. Families may remain on a preferred program’s waitlist even after being offered care or enrolling in another program.

Families at Travis who are currently on waitlists will be automatically transitioned to the new web-based system. These families will retain the original date of their request(s) for care, and all program enrollment processes will remain the same.

For additional information, go to MilitaryChildCare.com or contact the Help Desk by calling the toll free number, 855.696.2934 or emailing FamilySupport@MilitaryChildCare.com.