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.
FCC Benefits for Military Connected Parents
A smaller setting and personalized childcare plans
The convenience of different aged children together in the same care setting—ideal for siblings
Flexibility that aligns with mission demands and work schedules
Hourly, part-day, full-day, shift, and weekend care may be available
Care for children with special needs including conditions such as allergies, asthma, or physical challenges
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.
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
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
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
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
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. AFAS PCS provides 20 hours of child care per child at both the departing and inbound installation. Families may use the child care 60 days before the family’s departure and 60 days upon arriving at the new installation.
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)
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
