Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood (MCCYN) Fee Assistance Program

The USCG Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood (MCCYN) Fee Assistance (FA) program is accessed through MilitaryChildCare.com, a secure DoD gateway to military-operated or military-sponsored childcare options. It provides a single online location for families to determine their MCCYN eligibility, explore qualifying providers, select a program, and apply for assistance.  

For more information on the Coast Guard MCCYN Fee Assistance Program for Active-Duty members go to https://public.militarychildcare.csd.disa.mil/mcc-central/mcchome/coast-guard-child-care .  

To watch a video on MCCYN FA video go to https://public.militarychildcare.csd.disa.mil/mcc-central/mcchome/mccyn and review the Frequently Asked Questions by clicking on FAQ’s on top right side of menu bar, then scroll to MCCYN general questions and CG MCCYN.    

The criteria for the MCCYN FA are the following:

• Single AD Members or Reserve on 180 orders or more with children 6weeks to 12 year-old
• Married Dual AD Members with children 6weeks to 12 year-old
• Married AD Members or Reserve on 180-day orders with a working spouse or spouse enrolled in post-secondary college with children 6weeks to 12 year-old
• Married AD Members or Reserve on 180 days or more with a spouse looking for work with children 6weeks to 12 year-old (90-day registration) 

When you search for care you use your home address or unit zip code to find existing approved USCG MCCYN FA providers. If your selected provider is not an already approved provider, your selected provider has to meet the criteria and be willing to submit a provider packet for approval. For additional information, please review the provider handbook Coast Guard Child Care | MCC Central (disa.mil) and scroll down the page until you see MCCYN Resources. If your current provider is not a USCG approved provider, they will need complete online form at Community Provider Interest Form (disa.mil). 

The actual subsidy will be determined when you completed the registration process, and we a have cost worksheet that is completed. Please see the MCCYN Benefit Form Tip Sheet Coast Guard Child Care | MCC Central (disa.mil) and scrolling down the page until see MCCYN Resources. USCG MCCYN FA program will not offer you space until 30 days before the schedule date care is needed, if a space is requested today but care is not need until September, a space will not be offered until 30 days out.  

If you need assistance in finding community -based childcare in city, state area go CCR&R Search - Child Care Aware® of America and enter you address/zip to find the local childcare resource and referral office that provide assistances. 

Many time members do not have their children on their Dependency Worksheet , this is required as part of supporting documents for enrollment in the CG MCCYN FA program.  Please check to see if your child/children are listed in Direct Access as your dependents, if no completed the CG-2020 form and submit to your unit administrator to process.

For all Military childcare programs, the sponsor must meet the eligibility criteria for Coast Guard and DoD facility based childcare programs and for the Coast Guard MCCYN FA program. 

Email Contacts

For family assistance with MCC accounts or requests for Coast Guard or DoD operated childcare, email FamilySupport@MilitaryChildCare.com or call 855.696.2934 and select Option 1 for Family Support 

For MCCYN provider assistance, email providersupport.fct@navy.mil

For help with MCCYN fee assistance claims, email claimsupport.fct@navy.mil

For family assistance with MCCYN, email familysupport.fct@navy.mil

If you have school-age children, please visit your local BGCA Clubs where you reside or near the schools to see what the offer. Typically, there is no cost for after-school programming and low-cost summer programs. The Coast Guard MWR program pays the membership fees to support access to youth programming where families reside! The MYO is an outreach partnership that supports military youth, ages 6-18, by creating a positive, supportive network. Through this partnership, children of Active-Duty CG families who do not have access to a military Youth Center can receive a membership at no cost to their local Boys & Girls Club. Sponsors can go to any BGCA Club in the community, mention that they are military, fill out the form to obtain a membership, and they are good to use the local BGCA facilities. To find a club to https://www.bgca.org/.   Summer camps are very reasonable and after-school programs cost are typically included under the membership fee.