14 U.S.C. § 515 : US Code - Section 515: Child development services

Search 14 U.S.C. § 515 : US Code - Section 515: Child development services

(a) The Commandant may make child development services available
for members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard, and
thereafter as space is available for members of the Armed Forces
and Federal civilian employees. Child development service benefits
provided under the authority of this section shall be in addition
to benefits provided under other laws.
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Commandant may
require that amounts received as fees for the provision of services
under this section at Coast Guard child development centers be used
only for compensation of employees at those centers who are
directly involved in providing child care.
(2) If the Commandant determines that compliance with the
limitation in paragraph (1) would result in an uneconomical and
inefficient use of such fee receipts, the Commandant may (to the
extent that such compliance would be uneconomical and inefficient)
use such receipts -
(A) for the purchase of consumable or disposable items for
Coast Guard child development centers; and
(B) if the requirements of such centers for consumable or
disposable items for a given fiscal year have been met, for other
expenses of those centers.
(c) The Commandant shall provide for regular and unannounced
inspections of each child development center under this section and
may use Department of Defense or other training programs to ensure
that all child development center employees under this section meet
minimum standards of training with respect to early childhood
development, activities and disciplinary techniques appropriate to
children of different ages, child abuse prevention and detection,
and appropriate emergency medical procedures.
(d) Of the amounts available to the Coast Guard each fiscal year
for operating expenses (and in addition to amounts received as
fees), the Secretary may use for child development services under
this section an amount not to exceed the total amount the
Commandant estimates will be received by the Coast Guard in the
fiscal year as fees for the provision of those services.
(e) The Commandant may use appropriated funds available to the
Coast Guard to provide assistance to family home day care providers
so that family home day care services can be provided to uniformed
service members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard at a cost
comparable to the cost of services provided by Coast Guard child
development centers.
(f) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement this
section. The regulations shall establish fees to be charged for
child development services provided under this section which take
into consideration total family income.
(g) For purposes of this section, the term "child development
center" does not include a child care services facility for which
space is allotted under section 616 of the Act of December 22, 1987
(40 U.S.C. 490b).