Support for expanding early child care options for members of the Armed Forces and their families

(a) In general The Secretary of Defense may— (1) direct the Secretaries of the military departments— (A) to identify gaps between existing early child care needs and available eligible child care providers; (B) to use resources of the Department of Defense to support eligible child care providers in recruitment and retention of employees, including through professional development and financial incentives for such employees; and (C) to seek to enter into an interagency partnership with a Federal agency with the ability to place national service participants and volunteers trained in education services, including senior volunteer programs, at military child development centers in accordance with applicable national service laws and with all the benefits accorded to such participants and volunteers; and (2) provide training and resource subsidies to eligible child care providers and networks of such providers. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Eligible child care provider The term eligible child care provider has the meaning given that term in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n). (2) Military child development center The term military child development center has the meaning given that term in section 1800 of title 10, United States Code.

(a) In general The Secretary of Defense may— (1) direct the Secretaries of the military departments— (A) to identify gaps between existing early child care needs and available eligible child care providers; (B) to use resources of the Department of Defense to support eligible child care providers in recruitment and retention of employees, including through professional development and financial incentives for such employees; and (C) to seek to enter into an interagency partnership with a Federal agency with the ability to place national service participants and volunteers trained in education services, including senior volunteer programs, at military child development centers in accordance with applicable national service laws and with all the benefits accorded to such participants and volunteers; and (2) provide training and resource subsidies to eligible child care providers and networks of such providers. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Eligible child care provider The term eligible child care provider has the meaning given that term in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n). (2) Military child development center The term military child development center has the meaning given that term in section 1800 of title 10, United States Code.