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Costs of Operating the Military's Child Care System

The Department of Defense runs child care services through their Child Development Program serving some 176,000 children from 6 weeks to 12 years old. According to a RAND study, the average annual cost of military child development center care ranges from $12,133 for infant care to $4,595 for school-age care. However, these costs are not reflected in the affordable fees parents pay, because the centers are heavily subsidized.

For more information, see the Research Brief at:

http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB7552/

or the full report "Examining the Cost of Military Child Care" at:

http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1415/

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