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14 U.S.C. § 2923 — Child development center standards and inspections
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**(a) Standards.—** The Commandant shall require each Coast Guard child development center to meet standards of operation—
(1) that the Commandant considers appropriate to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the children and employees at the center; and
(2) necessary for accreditation by an appropriate national early childhood programs accrediting entity.
**(b) Inspections.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Not less than twice annually, the Commandant shall ensure that each Coast Guard child development center is subject to an unannounced inspection.
(2) **Responsibility for inspections.—** — Of the biannual inspections under paragraph (1)—
(A) 1 shall be carried out by a representative of the Coast Guard installation served by the Coast Guard child development center concerned; and
(B) 1 shall be carried out by a representative of the Coast Guard child development services work-life programs.
**(c) National Reporting.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Commandant shall maintain and publicize a means by which an individual can report, with respect to a Coast Guard child development center or a family home daycare—
(A) any suspected violation of—
(i) standards established under subsection (a); or
(ii) any other applicable law or standard;
(B) suspected child abuse or neglect; or
(C) any other deficiency.
(2) **Anonymous reporting.—** — The Commandant shall ensure that an individual making a report pursuant to paragraph (1) may do so anonymously if so desired by the individual.
(3) **Procedures.—** — The Commandant shall establish procedures for investigating reports made pursuant to paragraph (1).
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**(a) Standards.—** The Commandant shall require each Coast Guard child development center to meet standards of operation—
(1) that the Commandant considers appropriate to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the children and employees at the center; and
(2) necessary for accreditation by an appropriate national early childhood programs accrediting entity.
**(b) Inspections.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Not less than twice annually, the Commandant shall ensure that each Coast Guard child development center is subject to an unannounced inspection.
(2) **Responsibility for inspections.—** — Of the biannual inspections under paragraph (1)—
(A) 1 shall be carried out by a representative of the Coast Guard installation served by the Coast Guard child development center concerned; and
(B) 1 shall be carried out by a representative of the Coast Guard child development services work-life programs.
**(c) National Reporting.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Commandant shall maintain and publicize a means by which an individual can report, with respect to a Coast Guard child development center or a family home daycare—
(A) any suspected violation of—
(i) standards established under subsection (a); or
(ii) any other applicable law or standard;
(B) suspected child abuse or neglect; or
(C) any other deficiency.
(2) **Anonymous reporting.—** — The Commandant shall ensure that an individual making a report pursuant to paragraph (1) may do so anonymously if so desired by the individual.
(3) **Procedures.—** — The Commandant shall establish procedures for investigating reports made pursuant to paragraph (1).
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**(a)**
(1) The Commandant may make child development services available, in such priority as the Commandant considers to be appropriate and consistent with readiness and resources and in the best interests of dependents of members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard, for—
(A) members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard;
(B) surviving dependents of service members who have died on active duty, if such dependents were beneficiaries of a Coast Guard child development service at the time of the death of such members;
(C) members of the armed forces (as defined in [section 101(a) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section101/a&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(D) Federal civilian employees.
(2) Child development service benefits provided under the authority of this section shall be in addition to benefits provided under other laws.
**(b)**
(1) The Commandant is authorized to use appropriated funds available to the Coast Guard to provide child development services.
(2)
(A) The Commandant is authorized to establish, by regulations, fees to be charged parents for the attendance of children at Coast Guard child development centers.
(B) Fees to be charged, pursuant to subparagraph (A), shall be based on family income and whether a family is participating in an initiative established under section 2925(b), except that the Commandant may, on a case-by-base basis, establish fees at lower rates if such rates would not be competitive with rates at local child development centers.
(C) The Commandant is authorized to collect and expend fees, established pursuant to this subparagraph, and such fees shall, without further appropriation, remain available until expended for the purpose of providing services, in
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 2923
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILY CHILD CARE
Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII],
§ 8238, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4665, provided that: ‘‘Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act [Jan. 1, 2021], the Commandant [of the Coast
Guard] shall—
‘‘(1) establish a procedure to allow Coast Guard
family child care centers to occur at off-base housing,
including off-base housing owned or subsidized by the
Coast Guard; and
‘‘(2) establish a procedure to ensure that all re-
quirements with respect to such family child care
programs are met, including home inspections.’’
[For definition of ‘‘Coast Guard family child care cen-
ter’’ used in section 8238 of Pub. L. 116–283, set out
above, see section 8239 of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a
note below.]
USE OF COAST GUARD AND MILITARY CHILD
DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 225, Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat.
1040, provided that: ‘‘The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard
is operating, when operating other than as a service in
the Navy, may agree to provide child care services to
members of the armed forces, with reimbursement, in
Coast Guard and military child development centers
supported in whole or in part with appropriated funds.
For purposes of military child development centers op-
erated under the authority of subchapter II of chapter
88 of title 10, United States Code, the child of a member
of the Coast Guard shall be considered the same as the
child of a member of any of the other armed forces.’’
DEFINITIONS
Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII],
§ 8239, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4665, provided that: ‘‘In this
subtitle [subtitle C (§§8231–8239) of title LVXXXII
[LXXXI
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