Army Continues Civilian Child Care Payments After All

March 4, 2019

Civilian personnel of the Army without access to on-base child care will continue to get subsidies. The Army had announced the payments would stop on March 1, as On Base reported.
The service announced in a Feb. 28 letter that the payments will continue. The program provides up to $1,500 a month for each child under age 13 to subsidize care at qualified centers.
 
U.S. Army photo by Lesley Atkinson

March 4, 2019

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