The Military Extended Child Care Agency (M.E.C.C.A) is an agency that would be used to assist Soldiers and their family members with extended child care services. Most military child care agencies or centers operating hours are from 5:30 am to 6:00 pm. These hours are not acceptable or beneficial to shift workers. Shift workers are not figured into the equation which makes its harder to find safe and affordable child care services.
The goal of M.E.C.C.A. is to serve all military and/or government workers (civilians working on military bases) requirements. Our child care center will have shift workers that can accommodate customers with special needs. In addition, if the child care center does not meet their requirements due to field training exercises or deployments, we can accommodate them by providing in-home care on a permanent or temporary basis
[...] is a start-up extended child care agency exclusively for children of military and government shift workers, ages 4 months to 5 years and 1st through 5th grades. M.E.C.C.A. dedicates its efforts and resources toward ensuring top-rated care giving services coupled with a high-quality activity based learning environment tailored for children in these age groups. M.E.C.C.A. will respond to the needs of its parents and students with excellent care-giving and instruction, an advanced curriculum, flexible programs, local community involvement and business partnerships. [...]
[...] can be used as an alternative child care agency that can and will be used to supplement and/or surpass Military Child Care Facilities. We will provide outstanding childcare services to you and your child/children. Not only will we make sure you are comfortable with our services, we will guarantee that your children are as comfortable. Company Ownership M.E.C.C.A. will be a privately-held proprietorship which will be owned in majority by its founder and president. There would be two silent partners in M.E.C.C.A. [...]
[...] Doing this would increase the target market for M.E.C.C.A. Cost leadership would make M.E.C.C.A. be the ultimate choice of child care services for all military personnel and government employees who work in shifts. Advantages over the competition in terms of the quality and the availability of services offered are an opportunity for M.E.C.C.A. to capture a huge market. Choosing the right location which has a lot of families being in the military and government sector would be a great opportunity for M.E.C.C.A. to be successful. [...]
[...] will offer extended child care services for customers who are in the military or who have shifting schedules. M.E.C.C.A. will play a significant role in supporting mission readiness and increasing the retention rate of military servicemen because they will no longer be worried about their children that will be left at home when they are on duty any hour of the day. M.E.C.C.A. will assist military families working extended hours by increasing the hours of care available in areas where there are military families. [...]
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