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Fort Riley Child and Youth Services

Child and Youth Services (CYS) offer programs for infants (4 weeks) through high school (18 years old). Our goal is to provide customer driven programs and services that are developmental in nature and promote physical, social, emotional well-being and positive character development. The programs and services utilize multiple delivery points and are high quality, affordable and available to eligible patrons. We wish to provide a safe environment, enriching experiences, and caring supervision within our programs. Our programs are offered as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, the family. We encourage and provide opportunities for parental involvement. Please become familiar with our curriculum and visit our facilities so you can see what experiences are available to youth here at Fort Riley. For more information, please contact Central Enrollment Registry (CER) at (785) 239-4847 or email DCACYS@riley.army.mil.

Flint Hills Childcare Resources & Referral Agency (FHRRA)
785-532-7197
www.kccto.org

Check the "Resources for Parents" section for a Parent Newsletter, Childcare Subsidy information, Child Care Consumer Information and Useful Links for parents. Under "Referral" you can submit an online request to receive a list of area childcare providers.

Army Child Care in Your Neighborhood Project

The Flint Hills Resource & Referral Agency (FHRRA) in Manhattan, Kansas plans to recruit, train, and monitor 12 to 25 family child care providers to provide support to Fort Riley families by building the capacity and quality of child care in communities surrounding Ft. Riley. The Child Care Outreach Specialist will follow the recruitment policy by identifying12 to 25 licensed FCC homes that meet or have the potential to meet national accreditation standards for high quality child care.

The specialist will conduct program orientations for interested FCC providers and monitor their homes to ensure they are meeting all required fire, safety, and health requirements as well as state and Army policies.

The child care specialist will work closely with the Fort Riley Child and Youth Services to provide training on the latest child care techniques and procedures for providing safe developmental child care in the child care settings. Child care providers will participate in a web-based market pilot defined by NACCRRA.

Providers will be trained using the 13 military models as well as any additional training needed for children with special needs, infant/toddlers, or any other training determined to be important for child care providers. The specialist will also work in conjunction with NACCRRA for subsidy, tracking, and reporting purposes as defined in the RFP. In addition, the child care specialist will conduct periodic announced/unannounced monitoring visits on the participating child care providers.