Military dependent children at the Child Development Center 005
Military dependent children at this Child Development Center at Fort Belvoir, Va., and others like it at bases throughout the world enjoy some of the most affordable and high-quality child care in the country according to the National Women's Law Center. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen was presented a copy of the study entitled "Be All That We Can Be: Lessons from the Military for Improving Our Nation's Child Care System" by Nancy Campbell, co-director of the center, in a Pentagon press briefing on May 16, 2000. The Center cited the military in their report as an "...excellent model for the very real reforms that need to be made in civilian child care policy and practice as well."