Meeting Family and Military Needs through Military Child Care

Bibliographic Data

ID7665104
AuthorsGail L Zellman (RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California,, corresponding author), Susan M Gate (RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California,), Susan M Gates (RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California,, corresponding author), Joy S Moini (RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California,, corresponding author), Marika Suttorp (RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California,), Marika J Suttorp (RAND Corporation, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume35
Issue3
Pages437-459
Publication date2009-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0095327x08330804
OpenAlexW2164486899
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited8

This article summarizes results from a child care survey of military families conducted by the RAND Corporation in 2004 and draws policy implications for the military child care system. The article describes the military child care system, discusses the policy objectives of the system, and summarizes survey results that clarify the degree to which the Department of Defense is meeting its child care goals. The authors find evidence that despite its high quality, the military child care system fails to optimize readiness and retention of military members because these goals do not drive system policies or operations. The article offers suggestions for improving system outcomes

Child care · Corporation · Economics · Management · Military medical ethics · Military personnel · Military psychology · Military science · Political science · Public relations · Rand corporation · Child Welfare and Adoption · Early Childhood Education and Development · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology

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