Sec. 244. Pilot program to expand access to child care
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Commencing not later than 60 days after the date on which the report under section 241 is submitted, the Commandant shall carry out a pilot program, based on the recommendations provided in such report, to expand access to public or private child development centers for qualified families. The duration of the pilot program under subsection
(a)shall be not more than three years beginning on the date on which the pilot program is established. The Commandant— may carry out the pilot program on a regional basis; and shall include in the pilot program remote and urban locations. As part of the pilot program, the Commandant shall seek to enter into one or more memoranda of understanding with one or more child development centers to reserve slots for qualified families in locations in which— the Coast Guard lacks a Coast Guard child development center; or the waitlists for the nearest Coast Guard child development center or Department of Defense child development center, where applicable, indicate that qualified families may not be accommodated. As part of any study conducted pursuant to section 243(a) after the end of the one-year period beginning with the commencement of the pilot program, the Commandant shall also undertake a current assessment of the impact of the pilot program on access to child development centers for qualified families. The Commandant shall include the results of any such assessment in the results of the most current study or survey submitted pursuant to section 243(b).