Child Care: How Do Military and Civilian Center Costs Compare?
HEHS-00-7
Published: Oct 14, 1999. Publicly Released: Nov 15, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO compared the cost of the Department of Defense's (DOD) high-quality child development program with the cost of comparable care in the civilian market, focusing on: (1) identifying the objectives of the military child development program and describing how it operates; (2) determining the full cost of operating DOD's U.S. child development centers and the cost per child-hour for center-based care; and (3) comparing the cost per child in DOD's child development centers with the full cost of comparable quality child care in the civilian market.
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Child care programsComparative analysisCost analysisDay care centersMilitary dependentsPreschool educationQuality assuranceChild developmentU.S. Air ForceInfants