waitlists

Thousands of military families are stuck on childcare waitlists. More spots may not be enough to fix the deeper problems.

Thousands of military families are stuck on childcare waitlists. More spots may not be enough to fix the deeper problems.

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There are an estimated 7,800 children on US military childcare waitlists. Military families and advocates say the number masks deeper shortfalls that continue to sideline working spouses and strain service members.Lawmakers raised the issue during a recent congressional hearing, calling the persistent backlog a quality-of-life problem, even as the waitlist…