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ENHANCED CHILD CARE REFERRAL SERVICE

How will it help our Army or Marine Corps military family?

• Call PATCH if you are looking for child care and we will produce a list of child care referrals that meet the specific needs of your family.  PATCH will also take an extra step for Army and Marine Corps military families to verify for you those providers that have suitable vacancies.  PATCH takes out the hassle of you having to call around to all the providers to see who has space for your child.  As an army or marine corps military family, you will only receive child care referrals to those providers that have a ready space for your child.
  
• PATCH will conduct a follow-up with your family to ensure care has been found.  If you need additional referral help with a vacancy check, we'll do that too.
  
• PATCH will let you know about special child care subsidy programs available only to military* families and whether you may be eligible. *Navy and Air Force families also qualify for the subsidy programs.
  

Am I eligible?

To be eligible for enhanced referral services, you must be from an Army or Marine Corps military family (this excludes the Navy and Air Force) who is:

• Activated or deployed or
• Active duty who lives away from a military installation or
• Active duty who lives on or near a military installation where the on-post care is unavailable

For PATCH Enhanced Referral Assistance, contact your local PATCH office: Oahu Telephone (808) 839-1988, email: Patch@PatchHawaii.org.

You may also contact Child Care Aware at 1-800-424-2246 or visit their website at: www.naccrra.org/Military

NEW: Respite Care for Navy Families Enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)

NACCRRA (National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies) and the Military Services are working together to provide free respite care services to families of active duty and activated Reserve Navy families enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP).

• Respite Care for EFMP Navy Families provides much needed respite - literally a break - for families who have exceptional family members.
• The program provides 40 hours a month of free respite care per family (EFMs and their siblings) participating in the program to provide Service Members and their spouses with some time off.
• The time respite care is provided can be spent in whatever way the family chooses.

For Respite Care Assistance, please contact Lani Julian at our Oahu office at (808) 791-2129.  More information on Respite care can be found at www.naccrra.org/MilitaryPrograms

email: Patch@PatchHawaii.org
Oahu Telephone: (808) 839-1988

Please note that Enhanced Referral and Respite Care assistance is not available through our online referral system. Please call for information and Enhanced Referral or Respite Care assistance.