{"id":73839,"date":"2020-03-17T23:24:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T23:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/17\/sweeping-changes-to-navy-childcare-amid-coronavirus-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:42:48","slug":"sweeping-changes-to-navy-childcare-amid-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/03\/17\/sweeping-changes-to-navy-childcare-amid-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweeping changes to Navy childcare amid coronavirus pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military leaders on Tuesday confirmed to Navy Times that a list of reforms to the sea service\u2019s childcare programs have been instituted amid a global coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNavy childcare programs are critical for our service members serving both at home and abroad,\u201d said Coleen R. San Nicolas-Perez, a spokeswoman for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnic.navy.mil\/\" target=_blank>Commander, Navy Installations Command<\/a>, in a prepared statement emailed to Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring the current COVID-19 crisis, we are adapting our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navycyp.org\/\" target=_blank>Child and Youth Program<\/a> (CYP) operations to meet both the Navy\u2019s mission and family requirements while ensuring the children in our care and our professionals are healthy and safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps most controversially, new measures waive the need for criminal background checks for \u201csupplemental staffing\u201d employees imported from other military programs for \u201cincreased cleaning\/sanitation\u201d designed to combat COVID-19 infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, the supplemental staff will be \u201calways in line of sight supervision of \u2018blue smock\u2019 CYP employee and not in ratio.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Childcare providers who wear blue smocks or shirts indicate that background checks have been satisfactorily completed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navymwrgreatlakes.com\/modules\/media\/?do=download&#038;id=51285065-4c5b-4305-b4e5-a10e0b2c68c8\" target=_blank>according to CYP handbooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who typically wear red smocks or shirts have ongoing background checks and CYP professionals must be in the line of sight of an approved staff member at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnic.navy.mil\/ffr\/fleet_readiness\/child_and_youth_programs\/navy_school_liaison_officer.html\" target=_blank>School Liaison Officers <\/a>also will be assigned to the facilities to supplement the ranks, according to the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/03\/17\/us-2nd-fleet-staffer-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/staffer.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US 2nd Fleet staffer tests positive for coronavirus<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The patient recently arrived from Germany.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest move will cancel or postpone all programs and services that are not full-time childcare (newborns to age 12) until further notice. That means all hourly childcare is ending unless it\u2019s deemed \u201cemergency\/mission essential,\u201d according to the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CNIC will stop all youth sports, youth and teen programs and field trips away from Navy childcare facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No new childcare enrollees will be accepted into Navy-operated programs unless they are determined to be \u201cemergency\/mission essential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parents will be \u201crequired to self-care for own children at home\u201d if they have Navy full-time telework agreements. 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