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This information is up to date as of Feb 2, 2025

2025 CYS Fee Schedules

and Military Fee Assistance

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This information has been collated from memos released surrounding the updates to the SY 2024-2025 Department of Defense Child Development Program Fee Policy. While this information is not classified, it is challenging to locate due to a lack of transparency.

 

As Operation Child Care Project™ becomes more aware of updates to these Fee Schedules, they will be provided here. Please see if your current duty station is considered High Cost or Standard to ensure you are selecting the correct fee schedule. 

High Cost Installations

1. Determine if you are stationed at a High-Cost duty station or Standard. If your installation is listed below, then you are at a High-Cost installation, if not, then you are at a Standard installation.*

  • Aberdeen Proving Ground

  • Air Force Academy

  • Beale AFB

  • Buckley AFB

  • Camp Pendleton

  • COMNAVREG (OAHU)

  • Creech AFB

  • Davis-Monthan AFB

  • Detroit Arsenal- Michigan

  • Edwards AFB

  • Eglin AFB

  • Eielson AFB

  • Ellsworth AFB

  • EURAFCENT

  • Fairchild AFB

  • FE Warren AFB

  • Fort Belvoir

  • Fort Detrick Silver Spring & Frederick

  • Fort Greely

  • Fort Hamilton

  • Fort Hunter Liggett

  • Fort Irwin

  • Fort Meade

  • Fort Schofield-Shafter

  • Fort Snelling

  • Fort Wainwright

  • Francis S. Gabreski Air

       National Guard Base

  • Hanscom AFB

  • Hurlburt AFB

  • Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

  • Joint Base Andrews

  • Joint Base Charleston

  • Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

  • ​​Joint Base Langley Eustis

  • Joint Base Lewis-McChord

  • Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

  • Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall

  • Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

  • Joint Region Marianas

  • Kaneohe Bay McClellan AFB

  • Keesler AFB

  • Korea

  • Little Rock AFB

  • Los Angeles AFB

  • Luke AFB

  • MacDill AFB

  • March AFB Marine Corp Base

  • McConnell AFB

  • Miramar MCBH

  • MCRD San Diego

  • NAB Coronado

  • NAB North Island

  • NAB San Diego

  • Natick- Boston

  • National Geospatial-

  • Intelligence Agency (HQ-VA)

  • National Naval Medical  Center Bethesda

  • NAV Region Hawaii

  • NAV Region Northwest

  • NAV Region Southwest (except NAS Fallon)

  • NAVDIST Washington, DC

  • NAVMEDCEN San Diego

  • NAVSTA Great Lakes

  • NAVSTA Newport

  • NAVSTA San Diego

  • NAVSUBASE Point Loma

  • Nellis AFB

  • Non-Natick- Rest of MA

  • NS Chollas Heights

  • NS Murphy Canyon

  • NSU Saratoga Springs

  • NWS Earle

  • NWS Seal Beach

  • NYC USN NOSC

  • Office of Naval Intelligence

  • Offutt AFB

  • Patrick AFB

  • Pentagon

  • Peterson AFB

  • Picatinny Arsenal

  • PMRF Barking Sands

  • Portland Air NG Base

  • Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

  • Presidio of Monterey

  • Quantico MCAS

  • Schriever SFB

  • Scott AFB

  • SUBASE New London

  • Tinker AFB

  • Travis AFB

  • US Army CRREL- NH

  • USAG Hawaii

  • USAG West Point

  • Vanderberg SFB

  • Whiteman AFB

  • Wright-Patterson AFB

*Army- Pine Bluff Arsenal is considered low-cost, review rates for that location here. 

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CDC Fee Schedule

2. Open the applicable CDC Fee Schedule and determine, based on your Total Family Income (TFI), how much you would pay monthly at the CDC. Please use the two-week vacation option for this calculation.

3. Use our built-in calculator under the CDC Fee Schedules and enter your weekly childcare cost in the first box, and the estimated amount you would pay monthly at the CDC in the second box labeled Monthly CDC Rate. 

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4. This tool is for estimating purposes only. There are other factors that could affect your TFI calculation or civilian childcare costs. The amounts listed under the Estimated Monthly Family Responsibility is the amount you would pay based on the information you offered and current rate caps.

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