The Coast Guard operates nine onsite Coast Guard Child Development Centers (CDC) at the below locations. In addition, Coast Guard certified Family Child Care (FCC) providers may be available in your area.
Child Care Programs Available for Coast Guard Families
As a Coast Guard family, you have access to a range of child care programs, allowing you to choose the right type of care for your child. To help you, MilitaryChildCare.com streamlines the search for child care search and connects Coast Guard families to various types of programs. Learn more about the programs that you may search for and request through MilitaryChildCare.com.
Program Eligibility
Coast Guard and DoD Operated Child Care
To participate in military-operated child care, your family must meet basic eligibility requirements. Read more here about eligibility requirements, family types, the associated priority guidelines, and how these factors are used to determine your child's placement on the waitlist.
Coast Guard Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood (MCCYN) Fee Assistance
Coast Guard MCCYN is available to Coast Guard active duty members and Coast Guard Reservists on active duty orders for at least 180 days.
If married, your spouse must be employed, actively seeking employment, or a student.
Fee assistance is available to:
- Families stationed within the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico*
- Children from birth through age 12.
* To receive fee assistance in Puerto Rico, your child must be enrolled in a Coast Guard Child Development Center.
Coast Guard Operated Child Care
- U.S. Coast Guard Academy
- U.S. Coast Guard Base Borinquen
- U.S. Coast Guard Base Cape Cod
- U.S. Coast Guard Base National Capital Region
- U.S. Coast Guard Base San Juan
- U.S. Coast Guard Base Alameda
- U.S. Coast Guard Base Kodiak
- U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May
- U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma
How to Get Started? It's Easy!
Create an Account
If you don’t already have an account, select "Create an Account" at the top of this page. Once you create an account, set up a Household Profile so you can search for care at any time from any location.
Search for and Request Child Care and Fee Assistance
Your MCC account gives you access to the full range of military child care programs. Request care as soon as you know your duty station and tentative arrival date to get on the waitlist. You can search multiple locations and submit requests for all the military child care options that meet your needs, including MCCYN, in your search area. Review the list of MCCYN providers to find participating providers in your area.
Wait for an Offer
You will receive an offer for care if space becomes available but no more than 30 days before the date you need care. Notifications about your requests, including offers for care, will be delivered to your preferred email address. Keep your email address up-to-date in your Household Profile so you do not miss these important messages.
Complete Enrollment or Registration
If you receive an offer for care, you will receive a notification from MilitaryChildCare.com with instructions on how to accept the offer and next steps to enroll with your selected child care program or, if the offer is for MCCYN, complete your registration.
Coast Guard MCCYN
MCCYN is a fee assistance program that keeps affordable child care in reach of eligible families. Coast Guard MCCYN pays a monthly subsidy to help offset the cost of community based child care. The goal is to make it easier for you to afford quality child care from local community providers when you cannot access military-operated care.
Email Contacts
- For MCCYN provider assistance, email providersupport.fct@navy.mil
- For help with MCCYN fee assistance claims, email claimsupport.fct@navy.mil
- For family assistance with MCCYN, email familysupport.fct@navy.mil
- For family assistance with MCC accounts or requests for Coast Guard or DoD operated child care, email FamilySupport@MilitaryChildCare.com
Questions?
Review the frequently asked questions for more information.