Opening Our Doors to Children and Youth, Toolkit

OSD provides a toolkit and guide for Installation Child Development and Youth Center Opening ceremonies. Staff members who are responsible for opening child development and youth facilities have a variety of tasks, ranging from overseeing the construction/renovation process to ordering equipment and setting up environments. In addition, they must hire and train new staff and ensure the day-to-day management of the existing programs is not interrupted. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Office of Family Policy/Children and Youth is providing this guide to assist program and installation staff in the planning of Groundbreaking and Opening Ceremonies. To that end, we have collected information from the Military Services and professional staff to prepare this guide.