{"id":13090,"date":"2021-07-16T20:39:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/16\/citing-crisis-in-military-child-care-facilities-and-barracks-lawmakers-want-extra-15-billion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:21:14","slug":"citing-crisis-in-military-child-care-facilities-and-barracks-lawmakers-want-extra-15-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2021\/07\/16\/citing-crisis-in-military-child-care-facilities-and-barracks-lawmakers-want-extra-15-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Citing \u2018crisis\u2019 in military child care facilities and barracks, lawmakers want extra $15 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing dilapidated conditions of military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2021\/05\/18\/with-child-care-needs-pronounced-and-urgent-lawmakers-push-air-force-to-seek-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\">child development centers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/07\/01\/armys-10-billion-barracks-plan-in-jeopardy-lawmakers-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\">barracks<\/a>, 24 Democrat representatives have sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate budget committees asking for a $15 billion investment in these facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe face a crisis in the quality and capacity of facilities for child care for military families and housing for unaccompanied military personnel,\u201d stated the July 15 letter, led by Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and Veronica Escobar, D-Texas. They\u2019re asking for the billions to be included in the upcoming budget reconciliation package, saying the annual appropriations process is not enough to deal with the backlog. Speier is the chair of the House Armed Services Committee\u2019s panel on military personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have barracks that remind us of tenements and are wholly unacceptable for service members to live in,\u201d the representatives wrote, calling for $10 billion for barracks modernization across all services. But the Army alone needs $10 billion to bring its barracks to \u201cgood\u201d condition, and in many cases, to meet minimum Army standards, they stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military has 135 child development centers in \u201cpoor\u201d or \u201cfailing\u201d condition, and as of 2020, DoD reported nearly 9,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/2021\/06\/16\/military-will-pay-toward-in-home-child-care-for-some-families-in-pilot-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">military children<\/a> on waiting lists for child care, according to the representatives, who are calling for $5 billion for military child development center projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnnual appropriations are not sufficient to resolve this backlog \u2014 and meet our moral responsibility to provide service members and military families with quality facilities with sufficient capacity for child care and decent, safe, modern housing,\u201d the representatives wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration asked for funding for one replacement child development center in the fiscal 2022 request \u2014 a $20 million, 200-space <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/06\/24\/military-daycare-spending-would-see-a-big-increase-under-house-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\">CDC at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas<\/a>. In a number of cases, child development centers need to be expanded to accommodate more children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe the upcoming reconciliation package is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do right by our military families,\u201d the members of Congress wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That reconciliation bill has special status in the Senate. It cannot be filibustered, and only needs a simple majority to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But only proposals that change spending or revenues can be included, and items that deal with policy issues many be stripped out by parliamentary officials. Democrats earlier this month unveiled a a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package and are expected to amend that plan to include additional spending over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/17\/army-promises-big-investment-in-child-care-over-the-next-five-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">Child care<\/a> and barracks have long been issues in the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a July 14 hearing of the House Armed Services Committee\u2019s panel on readiness, Speier criticized service officials for not requesting enough money for child care and barracks. \u201cI must say that there\u2019s great frustration by members on both the Republican and Democratic side in this hearing about the inability for whatever reasons for the military to beef up barracks, housing and child care,\u201d she said. \u201cThe Army announced with a great deal of fanfare, its $10 billion, 10-year plan to bring all the barracks up to good condition. But in the budget for this year, you\u2019re only requesting $260 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo you know, there\u2019s a lot of talk, but the walk isn\u2019t there. At $260 million a year, you\u2019re never going to meet that 10-year, $10 billion,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army invested $2.1 billion in barracks construction and modernization between fiscal years 2019 and 2021, said Jack Surash, acting assistant secretary of the Army for energy, installations and environment. And while the construction request for fiscal 2022 is $262 million, there\u2019s another $461 million requested for restoration and modernization projects for barracks, he said. \u201cWe know we need more,\u201d Surash said, adding that the chief of staff of the Army chose to include some barracks projects on his unfunded requirements list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to Speier\u2019s question about whether the Army still is committed to $10 billion over 10 years, Surash said, \u201cWe do have that plan, and we will do our best to properly resource it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think what you\u2019re hearing from all of us, though, is we want action,\u201d Speier said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speier also questioned Jennifer Miller, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for energy, installations and environment, about why the Air Force asked for funding for just one child development center for fiscal 2022, when the need is greater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller acknowledged that \u201cwe have not historically funded CDCs at the level that we ought to.\u201d The Air Force stood up a working group in 2020 to address the issue, she said, and officials have formed a master plan, with priorities for child care projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is the only service that requested funds for child development center construction in its fiscal 2022 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The representatives are calling on Sen. 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