Child Care

The Family Child Care program offers an alternative for child care to families who want their children in a home-like environment. Many FCC providers are able to accommodate the various work schedules of parents by offering part-time, hourly, weekend/evening/night care, shift work and special needs care, in addition to full-time care.

For more information about Family Child Care or on becoming a Family Child Care Provider, call DSN 315-225-9503/8810 or browse www.militarychildcare.com. 

Yokota's Yume Child Development Center is located in Bldg. 3015. The Kibo CDC is on the east side and has limited hours. The CDC program provides quality developmental care for children six-weeks to five years old by certified and trained child care professionals.

For more information contact the CDC at DSN 315-225-8810 and browse www.militarychildcare.com.

Eligibility

To participate in military child care, your family must meet the basic eligibility requirements defined by the DoD. To qualify as an eligible sponsor, you must be one of the listed sponsor types.

• Child Development Program Staff
• Active Duty Combat-Related Wounded Warrior
  • To qualify, the sponsor must be in active duty status and require hospitalization, extensive rehabilitation, or significant care from a spouse or care provider and require full-time child care. Visit the FAQ page for more information.
• Active Duty Military
• Guard/Reserve Members on Active Duty
• DoD Civilian
• Coast Guard Civilian
• Gold Star Spouse (Combat-Related)
• DoD Contractor
• Other Federal Employee
• Deactivated Guard/Reserve Personnel or Inactive Guard/Reserve in a Training Status
• Military Retiree
• Other Sponsor Type

Priority for Care

Priority 1A: Child Development Program Staff

All families where the sponsor is a Child Development Program Staff member will have the same priority regardless of spouse status.

Priority 1B: Single/Dual Military and Military with a Full-Time Working Spouse:

• Active Duty Combat-Related Wounded Warrior
• Single/Dual Active Duty Military/Coast Guard
• Single/Dual Guard/Reserve on Active Duty
• Active Duty Military/Coast Guard with Full-Time Working Spouse
• Guard/Reserve on Active Duty with Full-Time Working Spouse

Priority 1C: Military with a Part-Time Working Spouse or Spouse Seeking Employment:

• Active Duty Military/Coast Guard with Part-Time Working Spouse or Spouse Seeking Employment
• Guard/Reserve on Active Duty with Part-Time Working Spouse or Spouse Seeking Employment

Priority 1D: Military with a Spouse Enrolled Full-Time Student Spouse:

• Active Duty Military/Coast Guard with Full-Time Student Spouse
• Guard/Reserve on Active Duty with Full-Time Student Spouse

Priority 2: Single/Dual DoD Civilians or DoD Civilian with a Full-Time Working Spouse:

• Single/Dual DoD or Coast Guard Civilian
• DoD or Coast Guard Civilian with Full-Time Working Spouse

Priority 3: Space Available:

• Active Duty Military/Coast Guard or Guard/Reserve on Active Duty with Non-Working Spouse
• DoD or Coast Guard Civilian with Spouse Seeking Employment
• DoD or Coast Guard Civilian with Full-Time Student Spouse
• Gold Star Spouse
• Single/Dual DoD Contractor or DoD Contractor with a spouse who is Full-Time Working, Seeking Employment, or a Full-Time Student
• In no order of precedence:
  • DoD or Coast Guard Civilian with Part-Time or Non-Working Spouse
  • DoD Contractor with Part-Time or Non-Working Spouse
  • Deactivated Guard/Reserve Personnel or Inactive Guard/Reserve in a Training Status
  • Other Federal Employees
  • Military Retirees

Yokota has two school age programs providing a structured and safe environment for elementary age children. Programs are offered on both the east (Kibo SAC) and west sides (Wakamono SAC) of base. The Council on Accreditation (COA) has accredited all programs. The program offers before and after school, seasonal camps (Spring, Summer, and Winter) and Day Camps on non-school days for children kindergarten through ages 12.

Before & after school care follows the DoDEA Pacific East District school calendar.

For more information contact the Wakamono SAC at DSN 315-225-6397 and Kibo SAC at DSN 315-225-4199.

More information can also be found on https://yokota374fss.com/school-age-care/

Eligibility:

School Age Care programs are available to dependents of Active-Duty Military, DOD Civilians, Reservists on Active Duty, National Guard, Coast Guard and Contractors who are kindergarten- age 12.

Military programs must serve the highest priority families first to ensure the most mission-critical families receive access to military child care. To ensure programs meet this requirement, DoD prioritizes your family based on your family type.

The information below lists the military family types in priority order.

Priority 1A: Child Development Program Staff

All families where the sponsor is a Child Development Program Staff member will have the same priority regardless of spouse status.

Priority 1B: Single/Dual Military and Military with a Full-Time Working Spouse

1. Active-Duty Combat-Related Wounded Warrior
2. Single/Dual Active-Duty Military/Coast Guard
3. Single/Dual Guard/Reserve on Active Duty
4. Active-Duty Military/Coast Guard with Full-Time Working Spouse
5. Guard/Reserve on Active Duty with Full-Time Working Spouse

Priority 1C: Military with a Part-Time Working Spouse or Spouse Seeking Employment

1. Active-Duty Military/Coast Guard with Part-Time Working Spouse or Spouse Seeking Employment
2. Guard/Reserve on Active Duty with Part-Time Working Spouse or Spouse Seeking Employment

Priority 1D: Military with a Spouse Enrolled Full-Time Student Spouse

1. Active-Duty Military/Coast Guard with Full-Time Student Spouse
2. Guard/Reserve on Active Duty with Full-Time Student Spouse

Priority 2: Single/Dual DoD Civilians or DoD Civilian with a Full-Time Working Spouse

1. Single/Dual DoD or Coast Guard Civilian
2. DoD or Coast Guard Civilian with Full-Time Working Spouse

Priority 3: Space Available

1. Active-Duty Military/Coast Guard or Guard/Reserve on Active Duty with Non-Working Spouse
2. DoD or Coast Guard Civilian with Spouse Seeking Employment
3. DoD or Coast Guard Civilian with Full-Time Student Spouse
4. Gold Star Spouse
5. Single/Dual DoD Contractor or DoD Contractor with a spouse who is Full-Time Working, Seeking Employment, or a Full-Time Student
6. In no order of precedence:
   • DoD or Coast Guard Civilian with Part-Time or Non-Working Spouse
   • DoD Contractor with Part-Time or Non-Working Spouse
   • Deactivated Guard/Reserve Personnel or Inactive Guard/Reserve in a Training Status
   • Other Federal Employees
   • Military Retirees

Note: In order to improve military members' access to child care, DoD policy allows lower priority families enrolled at a facility-based program to be disenrolled to accommodate higher priority families.