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(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)<br />

• On federal holidays when AF child care programs<br />

(CDC, SAP, subsidized space in licensed/affiliated<br />

FCC home) are closed/unavailable and parents are<br />

required to work to meet mission requirements<br />

Requests to exceed time limits are sent to the major<br />

command in advance for approval. Confirmation of<br />

approval is sent from the major command to flight chief,<br />

FCC coordinator and Headquarters United States Air<br />

Force simultaneously.<br />

Extended Duty Care Cannot be used:<br />

• On a regular, recurring basis<br />

• To meet parents’ regular child care requirements<br />

• To provide shift work care where shift work is a typical<br />

assignment<br />

• For mandatory PT<br />

• To provide hourly care for non-duty-related reasons<br />

• For off-duty education and employment on a recurring<br />

basis<br />

• For holidays, family days or CDC/SAP/FCC home<br />

closures, to attend/watch air shows, etc.<br />

• For FCC providers who have medical appointments,<br />

child care emergencies that affect their ability to<br />

provide child care or need substitute care (except<br />

when approved by MAJCOM and if EDC provider has<br />

unused hours)<br />

• Airman and Family Services staff who have medical<br />

appointments and other child care emergencies that<br />

affect their ability to provide child care (except when<br />

approved by MAJCOM and if EDC provider has<br />

unused hours)<br />

• Airman and Family Services staff and FCC provider<br />

training (except when approved by MAJCOM and if<br />

EDC provider has unused hours)<br />

The EDC program is administered through the Airman<br />

and Family Services Flight and is currently provided at no<br />

cost to families. For more information, to obtain a copy of<br />

the EDC parent statement (required for each EDC<br />

request) or to find out your qualifying status, contact the<br />

FCC coordinator at (501) 987-3156 or 7162.<br />

Child Care for Volunteers<br />

Recognizing the importance of volunteers to the base<br />

community, the AFAS provides funding for the Child Care<br />

for Volunteers program. Licensed or affiliated FCC homes<br />

will provide care for volunteers who are engaged in<br />

supporting programs that benefit the Air Force<br />

community. This program is not meant to pay for child<br />

care for volunteers in resale (Thrift Shop), fundraising or<br />

social activities.<br />

For volunteer information or to see if you qualify for<br />

the free child care, contact the Airman and Family<br />

Readiness Center at (501) 987-6801 or the FCC office<br />

at (501) 987-3156/7162.<br />

Returning Home Family Childcare<br />

The Returning Home Child Care program provides<br />

child care for children ages 12 and under. Up to 16<br />

hours of care per child per occurrence during a sixmonth<br />

period is available to those active-duty<br />

members, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve<br />

members returning to their home stations after<br />

deployments of a minimum of 30 calendar days, or<br />

to personnel who routinely deploy on a short-term<br />

basis (cumulative of 30 days in a six-month period)<br />

in support of contingency operations, and members<br />

for a two-week rest-and-relaxation leave. Care for<br />

the RHC Program is provided by an EDC FCC<br />

home. The 16 hours are to be used within six<br />

months of returning to their home station.<br />

For more information, call (501) 987-3156.<br />

Childcare for PCS<br />

The Child Care for PCS Program is intended to help<br />

relieve some of the stress felt by families in the process of<br />

a PCS move. The Air Force Aid Society will pay for up to<br />

20 hours of child care per child in licensed FCC homes,<br />

based on availability, on base or in Air Force affiliated<br />

homes off base. Air Force Families with PCS orders can<br />

obtain a Child Care for PCS certificate at the base<br />

relocation office in the Airman and Family Readiness<br />

Center. Families can receive a certificate at both the base<br />

from which they are departing and at their new base.<br />

Certificates are good only at the base at which they are<br />

issued; unused hours do not transfer from one base to<br />

another. Families may use the 20 hours of child care<br />

within 60 days before the family's departure from a base,<br />

and 60 days after arriving at the new base. This program<br />

is open to all ranks unless there is a shortage of child care<br />

providers at the base, in which case priority would be<br />

given to junior ranking personnel.<br />

LITTLE ROCK 2013 AFB GUIDE Base Community 35

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