Child, Youth and School Services System of Care

Child Development Centers
(Ages 6 weeks - Kindergarten) Army Child Development Centers (CDCs) are on-post child care centers that offer full-day, part-day and hourly care for children in rich and stimulating environments...
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Community Partnerships
(All Ages) Through partnerships with organizations such as 4-H, the American Legion, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, CHARACTER COUNTS!, Military Child Education Coalition, the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies and organizations in the local community...
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Family Child Care Homes
(Ages 4 weeks - 10 years) Army Family Child Care Homes (FCC) are available both on- and off- post from trained childcare providers who work as independent contractors for CYS Services. FCC Homes provide full-day, part-day and hourly care for children in a home environment where...
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Instructional Classes
(All Ages) SKIESUnlimited is the framework for all Army Child, Youth & School Services instructional programs. The program is designed to complement, expand, and support the academic, life skills, and athletic experiences children and youth have within Army CYS programs and in schools...
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School Age Services
(Ages 6 - 12 years) Army School Age Services (SAS) include before and after school programs, weekend activities during the school year, summer care, and camps during school vacations. Through partnerships with groups such as 4-H, CHARACTER COUNTS!, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America...
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School Support
(All Ages) Army CYS Services School Support initiatives provides a variety of programmatic strategies and resources that help "level the playing field" for transitioning military students...
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Sports & Fitness
(Ages 3-18 years) Sports & Fitness programs provide opportunities for children and youth to be engaged in fun physical activities and to develop life-long healthy habits - acquiring the life skills to achieve a balanced lifestyle for mind, body, and spirit. A variety of traditional and non-traditional...
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Venture Point
(All Ages) Venturing beyond CYS Services' doors to expand services to children and youth on-site in MWR and Family Programs. CYS Services is partnering with Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) operations to provide more opportunities...
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Youth Services
(Ages 11 - 18 years) Army Middle School and Teen Programs are designed specifically for middle school youth and teens to foster development, life skills, citizenship and leadership, companionship and teamwork, recreation, and arts. Programs also include mentoring...
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The Defense Department’s contract with the Sittercity Corporate Program for military families’ caregiver needs will expire July 31, but the service will remain available at a discounted military fee, Pentagon officials said yesterday.

DoD contracted with the database service in 2010 when U.S. service members were frequently deployed during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Then a free service for military families, the database offered caregiver options from babysitting services, nannies and senior-care providers to pet sitting and tutoring.

"The Defense Department contracted with Sittercity when the operational tempo was very high,” said Rosemary Freitas Williams, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy. “The program offered additional in-home care solutions and support to military families impacted by increased deployments and family separations. Over the past 18 months, with the reduction in combat deployments, that need is not as great.”

Variety of Resources

DoD’s commitment to service members and their families remains strong, Williams said.

“While the funding to support families through this particular contract has expired, many other resources remain available,” she noted.

Williams encourages service members and their families to contact a Military OneSource consultant at 800-342-9647 for confidential help with any of the many challenges a military family can face.

Specialty consultants work with military families on a one-on-one basis, online or by phone to meet specific caregiving needs. Such services include care for children, including those with special needs. Other services include care for adults with disabilities, eldercare and wounded warrior care and tutoring.

Active-duty and reserve-component service members and their families can continue to access their accounts through Sittercity.com on Aug. 1, when the discounted fees are applied, officials said.

CYS Services provides programs tailored for children from 0-18. Whatever your child's needs, CYS Services helps you meet them.

Various programs from CYS Services are available for Army Families - through facilities, homes, and community partnerships.

CYS Services is wherever your Family needs it - at an Army Garrison, outside the Garrison, or in communities around the world.

CYS Services is flexible - care is available to both Active Duty and Mobilized Reserve Component Families when they need it, 24 hours a day/7 days a week.