Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday 6:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Office Hours
Child Development Center
Serving children ages 6 weeks to 5 years
Our high-quality early childhood program provides a safe and nurturing care environment, while promoting physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years who have not yet started Kindergarten. We offer full-day care, as well as hourly & sublet care on a space available basis.
Our program is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and certified by the Department of Defense.
Request Care
To apply for care, eligible families must fill out their household profile and submit a request through MilitaryChildCare.com. Requests for care may be submitted at any time, even prior to birth or to receiving hard-copy orders for a PCS.
Priority & Waiting List
Filling out a request for care does not guarantee your child a slot. Priority determination will be made for placement unless space is available and no waiting list exists. The list is reviewed daily by management.
Important: Families PCSing to GFAFB must update their profile to reflect what their family status will be upon arrival in Grand Forks in order to be accurately prioritized on the waitlist. If a family’s status is incorrect when offered care, they may have care revoked due to an incorrect priority and will have to reapply.
Events & Programs
Give Parents a Break
Let us entertain your kids, while you take a few hours off!
Free Care
The Give Parents a Break program provides hourly childcare for eligible parents who are subject to unique stresses due to the nature of military life, including deployments, remote tours of duty, and extended working hours.
In order to receive free care, parents must have a referral on file with the Military & Family Readiness Center. Referrals may be obtained from your commander, first sergeant, base chaplain, medical group, family support center, or child & youth programs personnel.
Parent’s Day/Night Out
Parent’s Day/Night Out runs concurrently with Give Parents a Break. Care is provided at a rate of $8 per hour on a space available basis.
Sign ups for both programs are required at least 2 Wednesdays prior to the event.
Parent Advisory Board
The Child and Youth Program’s Parent Advisory Board (PAB) is open to all parents of children using the CDC, School Age Care, Family Child Care, or the Youth & Teen Center. Its purpose is to increase awareness of all CYP activities, and provides opportunities for parent involvement in events and programming.
The PAB meets quarterly and the meetings are held at one of the Child & Youth Programs facilities. For more information on upcoming PAB meetings, please contact the CDC at 701.747.3042.
Upcoming Events
