Family child care notice

Published Dec. 15, 2014

MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. -- Individuals caring for other families' children a total of more than 10 hours a week on a regular basis must be licensed by the Malmstrom Family Child Care office to provide care in on-base quarters. The total number of hours is determined by the number of children in care multiplied by the hours of care provided, for example: a person caring for four children for three hours one day a week would need to be licensed.

This does not include individuals who:
· Provide occasional care for a friend or neighbor;
· Operate parent cooperatives where one of the parents provides supervision for other parent's children on an exchange basis and no fees are involved;
· Teenagers providing evening and weekend baby-sitting for families;
· Temporary full-time care of a child during a parent's absence for temporary duty or deployment by the person listed on the AF Form 357, Family Care Plan.

Air Force Global Strike Command's 341st Mission Support Group commander may revoke the housing privileges of individuals do not follow licensing guidelines.

For more information, call the FCC office at 731-2116.