The Children, Youth, and Teen Program focuses on the needs of families in order to provide maximum access to useful, flexible, and child development, social, recreational, and athletic programs. Children, youths, and teens, ages six weeks to 18 years, are served in integrated, balanced, quality programs that support the Marines family.

Family Child Care

The Henderson Hall Off-Base Family Child Care program provides an affordable alternative for high quality child care to accommodate the needs of Henderson Hall Marine Corps families. Subsidies are available for elegible families. We provide resource and referral information to military families in all branches of service who seek child care and family support services. Our goal is to support efforts to build strong and healthy families in collaboration with DoD and other local agencies

• We currently have immediate openings for infants and children.here.
• We are currently recruiting for new providers, and military spouses are encouraged to apply. For information, please click here.
• Family Child Care fees.
• Department of Defense – Form 2606 (Request for Care Record)
• Department of Defense – Form 2652 (Child Care Fees)

The Parent Advisory Board meets monthly to discuss concerns and to offer ideas for improvements within our program. Over the last year, the board has held parent’s nights out and helped coordinate the Children’s Fair, and the Family Fitness Day. We are open to all current and past parents of the off base family child care program. We meet on the third Thursday of each month except December in the Children, Youth and Teen Program office. All parents are welcome.

• November 2009
• February 2010

The Parents' Nights Out program plans events for Military Parents to enjoy. For more information, please contact the Children, Youth & Teen program.

The Marine Corps sponsors enhanced emergency child care to offer child care to eligible USMC sponsors when they can not use their regularly scheduled child care program.  Reasons include unexpected duty assignments, extended duty hours, family illness, child care center closure, counseling appointments, doctor appointments, stress reduction, job hunting and family emergencies.  Eligible sponsors include military families with employed spouses, single parents, and dual military families.  Children must be 14 years of age or under to use the EECC program.  Although the USMC pays for the EECC program services, the parents must continue paying their regular child care fees. To obtain care, please contact the Children, Youth and Teen office at 703-614-7332.

The Department of Defense has partnered with the Armed Services YMCA to fund memberships at participating YMCAs throughout the United States and Puerto Rico for the following groups:

• Families of deployed National Guard and Reserve personnel (Army/Navy/Air Force/Marine Corps)
• Active duty personnel and their families at
  independent duty stations
• Active duty families assigned to newly established
  joint bases
• Relocated spouse and family members of deployed active duty personnel

FITNESS FACILITY MEMBERSHIPS
The DoD will also buy down memberships at local fitness facilities (e.g. Gold's Gym/Bally's/24 Hour Fitness, etc) for single active duty personnel at independent duty stations.

RESPITE CHILD CARE
Deployed Guard and Reserve personnel and independent duty personnel with children up to age 12 of will be authorized free respite child care up to 32 hours per month, per child in YMCA facilities in states approved by DoD.

GET STARTED! 

1. Complete the YMCA/DoD Eligibility Form attached or download at www.militaryonesource.com or call Military OneSource at 1-800-342-9647
2. Visit http://www.ymca.net/about_the_ymca/military_outreach_initiative.html to find a participating, local YMCA
3. Take the eligibility form, a copy of your deployment orders, and your military ID card to your local YMCA.

4 YMCA/DoD Eligibility Form