Marine Corps Childcare Development Center (CDC) Waitlist Trends and Impact on Families

Abstract

Across the fleet, Marine Corps installations provide childcare services to support military members and their families. These on-base services include those provided by the Childcare Development Center (CDC), which serves infants and children through age five. While the main goal of the CDC is to provide high quality and easily accessible childcare to military families, many locations have developed excessive waitlists. This thesis compares the CDC capacity data to the population, by age group, from January 2010 to March 2020 at Marine Corps installations across the fleet. A detailed comparison across the bases is made to identify trends that potentially have an impact on childcare waitlists. This thesis also examines the waitlist data for each installation from March 2018 to March 2020 to analyze seasonal enrollment fluctuations. Data from thirteen Marine Corps Bases, including those in Japan and Hawaii, is analyzed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1150774

Entities

People

  • Julie M. Schumacher

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Age Groups
  • Birth
  • California
  • Childcare
  • Corporations
  • Covid-19
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Human Development
  • Law
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Families
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy

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