Family Child Care and District Points of Contact
Who is Eligible for this Program?
A Coast Guard dependent over the age of 18 living in Coast Guard owned housing who has completed the FCC provider application; completed the required training; passed childcare background checks; completed home inspections can become a certified CG FCC provider. All household members over the age of 18 will be required to have a childcare background check. All FCC providers must have a pre-certification health assessment, updated every two years, and have all the required adult immunizations and annual flu vaccine.
Where space allows, newly assigned members may request assignment to CG owned family housing one bedroom larger than they are eligible for if their spouses want to participate in the FCC program.
Purpose of Program
The Family Child Care Home Program has two purposes: to create a business opportunity for Coast Guard spouses/legal married partners and to provide safe and dependable child care for Team Coast Guard members.
FCC is a cost effective neighborhood child care delivery system, which allows provision of childcare in a home environment which meets Coast Guard certification requirements for both program and facility. Coast Guard standards, in most states, are most stringent than State Licensing.
Program Confidentiality
Enrollment in a Coast Guard certified FCC home is an arrangement made between the parent and the FCC provider. Enrollment records are reviewed periodically by Coast Guard personnel responsible for assuring certification standards are met. Personal information is maintained by the provider in a secure location in the home and is not available to anyone other than the provider, certification action officer, and parent.
Program Confidentiality Limitation
Child Development Services personnel and providers are mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect. They are required to report such incidents to the appropriate reporting authorities: Military and State Child Abuse Hotline, State Child Protective Services Agency, and Coast Guard Family Advocacy Specialist on the servicing Work-Life Office.
National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) - NAFCC represents professional providers throughout the United States and in some cases on military bases located internationally. NAFCC is dedicated to promoting quality child care by strengthening the profession of family child care.
Families: Please report any allegations of Child Abuse and Neglect or any concerns about the health and safety of child to the Coast Guard Family Advocacy Program at 1-202-475-5100 and call the State Child Protective Agency Hotline or the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453
Related Resources for the Provider
- ChildCare Aware of America - Dedicated to supporting prospective and current child care providers. Child Care Aware® of America has partnerships, programs, and resources that are designed to help child care providers learn more about how to start a child care business, sustain their child care business, keep informed on current legislation and policies affecting young children, continue professional development and have access to hundreds of fun, learning activities to do with children in their care.
- National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) - NAFCC represents professional providers throughout the United States and in some cases on US Military bases located internationally. NAFCC is dedicated to promoting quality child care by strengthening the profession of family child care.
- Child Care Resource & Referral - Doing whatever it takes to make child care work for families and communities from within the community served.
Point of Contact
If you are unable to contact your Work-Life Staff or need additional assistance beyond the information provided here, please contact the Headquarters Child Development Services Child Development Services Program Operations Specialist Dr. Juanita Warren at Juanita.L.Warren@uscg.mil
District Points of Contact:
District 1 Family Resource Specialist Stephanie Thayer
stephanie.s.thayer@uscg.mil
1-571-613-1287
District 5 Child Development Services Specialist Amy Denke
Amy.L.Denke@uscg.mil
1-571-607-1910
District 11 Child Development Services Specialist Renee Montandon
renee.montandon@uscg.mil
1-206-820-0345
District 13 Child Development Services Specialist Heidi Pascoe
heidi.a.pascoe@uscg.mil
1-206-827-0929
District 17 Base Kodiak Child Development Center
1-907-487-5481 ext. 1