Family Child Care

Seeking individuals who enjoy caring for children, especially those interested in providing infant care, special needs care and extended duty care (evenings and weekends).

REQUIREMENTS:

• Live on or near USAFA (Northern Colorado Springs)
• Desire to care for children

COMPENSATION:

Providers determine their own fees for full-time, part-time, or hourly child care (except for AF sponsored programs)
Approved to care for up to six children at a time
Can earn income through various Air Force and Air Force Aid Society programs:

• Hourly child care programs supporting deployment child care, extended duty child care, supplemental child care, child care for PCS, child care for volunteers, etc.
  • General Level providers earn $10 per hour per child
  • NAFCC Accredited providers earn $12 per hour per child

• Full-time child care through AF FCC Subsidy (children waiting for a space at the Child Development Center)
  • General Level Providers earn $209 per full-time child per week
  • NAFCC Accredited providers earn $250 per full-time child per week

ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES:

• EARN YOUR ACCREDITATION FOR FREE! National Association for Family Child Care
• Additional INCENTIVE PAY from the Air Force for supporting military families
• Support from USAFA FCC office for training, supplies, and equipment – AT NO COST!

EXTENDED DUTY CARE

EDC is designed to help families who have a requirement to work longer hours, evenings, overnights, weekends and/or are experiencing a temporary shift change (up to 3 days) while they perform their mission during contingency or high tempo operations and have no one else in the home to provide care.

RETURNING HOME CARE

RHC provides up to 16 hours of child care to eligible members returning from a 30 day plus deployment in support of contingency operations as well as those returning for their Rest and Recuperation (R&R) leave.

BEREAVEMENT CARE

Bereavement Care provides hourly care to attend appointments for a fallen military family member when families have no one else in the home to provide care.

WOUNDED WARRIOR CARE

WWC provides hourly care to attend appointments when families have no one else in the home to provide care

Deployment/Remote Assignment Child Care Support

The Deployment/Remote Assignment Child Care Support allows families 16 hours for pre-deployment, 16 hours each month of the deployment/remote assignment, and 16 hours post-deployment. AF FCC Deployment Child Care Support may be used once the member has orders and ends 60 days upon return from the deployment. AF FCC Remote Assignment Child Care may be used each month the member is on remote assignment.

Permanent Change of Station

PCS program provides care to eligible tenant base members' permanently changing station. The family will receive up to 20 hours of child care (for each child) when they are within 60 days of your PCS departure or arrival date at this base.

Please contact the USAFA Family Child Care office to determine your eligibility for specific programs and to submit child care requests.