Military child care centers see varying effects from personnel actions

Military child care centers see varying effects from personnel actions

The Trump administration’s efforts to cut the number of federal workers, including a hiring freeze, have resulted in various impacts on military child care centers, including the closure of one, according to service officials.The child development center at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, has closed. No other centers have closed at Air Force, Army, Navy or Marine Corps bases, officials said, in response to Military Times’ questions.Child development …

Clark and USACE Break Ground on Fort Leavenworth CDC - CCR-Mag.com

On Thursday, March 20, Clark Construction Group joined representatives from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to celebrate the groundbreaking of the New Childhood Development Center in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Clark is managing the construction of the 37,300-square-foot, single-story preschool center that will accommodate up to 338 children. The center will provide on-post childcare that offers full-day, part-day, and hourly care for child…

Hiring Freeze Has ‘Severe’ Impact on Child Care: Air Force General

A defense civilian hiring freeze is undoing recent progress on child care wait lists, the Air Force’s top general for personnel issues told Congress on April 9. Over the past two years, the service rolled out child care fee discounts to attract and retain staff for its child care centers, which pushed staffing levels from 72 percent in October 2022 to 86 percent in December 2024, Lt. Gen. Caroline M. Miller wrote in testimony for the Senate Arm…

Schools salute military-connected kids, nearly a quarter of all students

The Month of the Military Child is taking on new meaning throughout the Liberty County School System. The school system and Bradwell Institute celebrated the Month of the Military Child during a ceremony April 1 at Bradwell, with children of soldiers donning purple — the color of the military child — and reflecting on the symbol of the military child, the dandelion. Dandelions are chosen since those plants can thrive wherever they are planted.