YMCA Services for Military Personnel
The Armed Services YMCA, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the YMCA of the USA are partners in providing Child Care Respite Services and Health & Wellness memberships to eligible military families. Locally, the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette continues to be committed to military members and their families.

Eligibility Requirements

1. Contact Military OneSource or call 1.800.342.9647 to confirm eligibility and receive an eligibility form.
2. Fill out and bring your eligibility form, Military ID and any other required documentation to a participating YMCA for verification (please do not leave copies of these documents at the YMCA).

Respite Child Care
Respite Child Care Application Form

What is Respite Child Care?
Underwritten by the DoD, respite child care services are designed to provide licensed child care for children of deployed military personnel. Respite child care provides part-time, occasional and licensed child care for children whose parent or guardian needs temporary respite from their role as primary caregiver in the absence of a deployed spouse. The care is intended for children who are infants up to 12 years of age. With respite child care services, parents / guardians have the opportunity to focus on their own personal health and well-being, which is essential when one is facing hardship and uncertainty of military deployment. This can be up to 16 hours per month / per child.

Other Services
The YMCA of Columbia-Willamette has partnered with the Armed Services YMCA to distribute 400 toys to children of military personnel. Picture People has donated a small number of portrait packets to be distributed to military personnel.

Health & Wellness Memberships
Military OneSource Application Form
Membership fees will be underwritten by the DoD and administered through Military OneSource, an information and referral service for military families. The DoD will underwrite memberships at participating YMCAs for an initial six-month period for each eligible family and service member. Membership renewals in subsequent six-month intervals will be funded based on a military family’s or service member’s ability to meet the participation requirement of eight visits to a YMCA each month.

Eight Visits Per Month
Beyond meeting the eligibility requirements, military families and Independent Duty personnel are required to participate at their YMCA a minimum of eight visits per month in order to be eligible to renew their memberships.

Who is eligible?
Title 10 personnel only

• Families of joint deployed Army National Guard and Reservists of all military branches;
• Families of Active Duty Independent Duty personnel;
• Relocated spouses and family members of deployed Active Duty personnel; and
• Families of deployed Active Duty personnel, who are geographically dispersed outside a 30-mile radius from a military installation.

Helpful Resources
Armed Services YMCA
Military OneSource
Department of Defense
YMCA of the USA