Grafenwöhr CYS fighting to meet surging demand

[unhappycamper]

Grafenwöhr CYS fighting to meet surging demand
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Monday, May 12, 2008

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — Child and Youth Services here is struggling to cope with a surging demand for child care as families take advantage of free programs for deployed servicemembers.

Anita Payne-Landgraf, chief of the services at U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwöhr, said registrations with her office doubled from 2,000 children last year to more than 4,000 this year.

Part of the increase is probably due to the Army’s buildup in Grafenwöhr but Payne-Landgraf attributes the bulk of it to free programs for kids offered under the Army Family Covenant since last August.

Registering a child with CYS, normally $18, is now free for children of deployed personnel, she said.

“That was obviously a barrier to some people,” Payne-Landgraf said.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54726