FORT BELVOIR CHILD AND YOUTH SERVICES ELIGIBILITY AND PRIORITY

							                  FORT BELVOIR CHILD AND YOUTH SERVICES ELIGIBILITY AND PRIORITY POLICIES

1.   Child and Youth Services (CYS) eligibility for care:

        a.    To be eligible for the center based School Age and Middle School/Teen Before and After School Programs, children must attend
              the local schools where calendars/schedules coincide with our program schedules and transportation is provided.

        b.    Eligibility for care ends upon End Term of Service (ETS) of sponsor; termination of sponsor’s DoD employment; or DoD
              contractor’s employment. A thirty-day grace period is provided to allow the sponsor to find alternate care.

                                                                Eligibility Chart

Eligibility       Active Duty       DoD Civilians    DoD Contractors       DoD Contractors   Military Reservists on        Military
                   Military                             working on        working off Fort       Active Duty for           Retirees
                                                       Fort Belvoir            Belvoir          72 hours or more

Yes or No           Yes, All          Yes, All            *Yes, All             Yes             Yes, All Programs          Yes, Youth
                    programs          programs             programs                                                      Services and
                                                                                                                          Sports only


2. CYS programs are limited in their ability to meet the demands of eligible patrons.        When this occurs, an excess demand waiting list
is established based upon priorities for care.

                                                            Priorities for Care Chart

Priority                 1                    2                       3                  4                    5                       6


Sponsor is…      Fort Belvoir CYS     Single or dual       Active duty    Active duty military Full time employed     All other eligible
                 employees (must      active duty                         not assigned to Fort DoD civilian
                                                           military assigned                                          sponsors and
                 stay employed        military assigned                   Belvoir (Includes
                                                           to Fort Belvoir or                   assigned to Fort      families who have
                 with CYS 18          to Fort Belvoir      residing on Ft.single or dual        Belvoir (Includes     previously used
                 continuous           or residing on                      military, or
                                                           Belvoir, with full                   single or dual DoD    their priority
                 months to retain     Ft. Belvoir          time working ormilitary with a full employee, or DoD       (priority may be
                 service)                                                 time working or full employee with a
                                                           full time student                                          used only one time
                                                           spouse**       time student          full time working     per family per
                                                                          spouse**) not         or full time          child)
                                                                          residing on Ft.       student spouse**)
                                                                          Belvoir
** Documentation must be provided to verify full time working or full time student status.
        -  (Full time working status is defined as 25 or more hours per week)
        -  (Full time student status is defined as enrolled in 12 or more undergraduate hours or 9 or more graduate hours per semester)
Exceptions to Priorities:
        -  To provide seamless service to families, children enrolled in CYS have first priority when moving from one program to another
           based on age or program requirements.
        -  Children residing on Fort Belvoir and attending the local schools have priority in School Age Service/Middle School/Teen
           Programs over children attending the local schools on “pupil placement.”
        -  Pre-Kindergarten children, i.e, children who will attend Kindergarten the following September, have first priority on the
           waiting list for Part Day Preschool Programs.
        -  Revised 03/09/05