Military Child Care: Potential Costs & Impacts Of Expanding Off-Base Child Care Assistance For Children Of Deceased Servicemembers
On December 14, 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), released a report that describes the estimated costs of expanding fee assistance for off-base child care services to children of servicemembers who die in noncombat-related incidents and the potential effects of an expansion for off-base child care services. GAO analyzed data from the Department of Defense (DOD) on servicemember deaths and children of deceased servicemembers from 2009 through 2020 . . .

