Headline:
Military Child Care: Services’ Use of Worker Recruitment and Retention Incentives
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What the record says:
The source headline is: Military Child Care: Services’ Use of Worker Recruitment and Retention Incentives. The source summary says: What GAO Found The military services may offer monetary incentives to help recruit and retain child care workers on an ongoing basis. In 2024, the Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps collectively provided 4,955 recruitment bonuses and retention allowances to child care workers who are paid using nonappropriated funds (i.e., child care fees), according to the military services. Most of these incentives (about 4,000) were provided by the Air Force. The three military services provided more retention allowances than recruitment bonuses, and none provided relocation bonuses. GAO did not include Navy data in the analysis. In July 2025, Navy officials explained they track recruitment bonuses and retention allowances together with performance awards, and could not readily separate them. As a result, GAO determined that these data were not reliable for the purpose of quantifying the types of incen
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Source:
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107831
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https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107831