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Providing child care to military families : the role of the demand formula in defining need and informing policy / Joy S. Moini, Gail L. Zellman, Susan M. Gates.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children of military personnel--Care--United States.
- Children of military personnel.
- Employer-supported day care--United States.
- Employer-supported day care.
- Day care centers--United States.
- Day care centers.
- United States. Department of Defense--Officials and employees--Salaries, etc.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 112 pages : digital, PDF file
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2006.
- Summary:
- The Department of Defense (DoD) recognizes that high-quality child care for military families impacts both readiness and retention. DoD was concerned, however, that the child-care demand formula it uses may not be addressing all relevant aspects of child-care need. As such, the Office of the Secretary of Defense asked the RAND Corporation to assess the DoD formula as a tool for translating information on military families into measures of potential child-care need and to suggest ways that the tool might be improved. To perform this assessment, RAND conducted 21 focus groups on eight installations and from them developed a survey to determine parental preferences and other factors that might affect child-care need. In light of the survey results, the authors assess the validity of the DoD formula in meeting the child-care needs of military families, analyze the factors that influence key child-care outcomes, and address the broader issue of how DoD can refine its goals for military child care.
- Contents:
- Examining DoD child-care demand formula assumptions Accuracy of the DoD child-care formula estimate Evaluating how the current child-care system is servicing military families Conclusions and recommendations
- Notes:
- "MG-387."
- "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
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