The Operation Child Care Project

10/16/2026

A Space Force family had used MCCYN before, at another duty station. They knew the process. So when they PCS'd and wanted to use it again, this time at a new child care center that had never participated in MCCYN before, they expected the usual wait.

That's the gap. A program that's supposed to follow families doesn't always follow the paperwork. A new center means new processing, and new processing means time most families don't have between orders and day one at a new job.

Through our support and guidance, OCCP was able to expedite processing for both the new center and the family, minimizing the break in care caused by the move.

This is the work: not just hearing where the system breaks, but stepping in to close the gap before a family falls through it.

If you served the mission, we will serve you.

10/15/2026

10/14/2026

Thank you Empowered, Ltd. for capturing our story so beautifully. We appreciate all the work you are doing.

10/14/2026

This is the moment everything was building toward.

Deployment doesn't pause for child care gaps. The school pickups still happen, the bedtime routines still run, the "mom, I need help with homework" still comes at 6pm on a Tuesday. Someone has to hold that down while one parent is holding down the mission.

HomeFront Helpers are the ones who show up in between. Background-checked, trained, often military spouses themselves. Not just surviving until this moment at the airport, but steady the whole way through it.

This is what we're fighting for. Every family deserves a bridge from deployment to this.

If you served the mission, we will serve you.

10/12/2026

Sabrina will be attending The Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition today through the 14th in Washington, DC. If you plan to visit, make sure to stop and say hello!

10/09/2026

"The child care math does not work." That's how Colorado Springs Kids Magazine opened their feature on HomeFront Help, and honestly, we couldn't have said it better ourselves.

For military families facing deployments, unpredictable schedules, and long child care waitlists, the licensed system alone was never built to flex the way service life demands. So we built something that does.

HomeFront Help trains and background-checks trusted community members, "Helpers," to step in for the emergency and part-time care that falls through the cracks: the drill weekend with no coverage, the TDY that popped up with two days' notice, the solo-parenting stretch during deployment.

This isn't a stopgap. It's a system built by people who've lived the PCS shuffle and know that "just find a sitter" isn't a real answer for a military family.

Read the full feature (https://www.coloradospringskids.com/post/closing-the-child-care-gap-for-military-families-in-colorado-springs) to see how HomeFront Help works, how to request a Helper, and how to become one yourself.

If you served the mission, we will serve you.

10/08/2026

Thank you for amplifying voices Child Care Works CO!

10/07/2026

Sabrina spoke at the State of the Military Family Summit last month and shared what we're hearing directly from military families trying to access child care.

The paperwork. The waitlists. The PCS moves that reset everything back to zero. These aren't side issues, they're the daily reality standing between service members and mission readiness.

We brought their voices into the room because military families are the experts of their own experience. Their stories are what move policy.

If you served the mission, we will serve you.

10/05/2026

The narrative says child care access is a supply problem. Build more centers, train more providers, problem solved.

Our families tell us something different. Cost and paperwork are what stop them first. Open spots aren't even in the top three barriers.

We build our advocacy on what families actually report, not on assumptions about what they need.

Read our full paper on accessibility on our website:
https://www.occproject.org/bacc