Child & Youth Services

hild & Youth Services (CYS) programs are basic supports for the family. The aim is to enhance and expand the parent relationship with the child. The CYS programs do not substitute, compete with, or diminish the role of the parent, but act as a support system to the family. Therefore, we encourage parents to take part in the program and participate in various aspects of the program. Parents will be given the opportunity to observe their child(ren) and childcare providers within each program, have daily contact with staff members, serve as volunteers and submit suggestions. CYS Services mission statement: Army Child, Youth & School Services (CYSD) -Reducing the conflict between mission and parental responsibilities.

Child and Youth Liaison Education Outreach Services (CLEOS)

2797 Stanley Road Phone: (210) 221-4871 Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Fort Sam Houston CLEOS offer a variety of programs divided into age-appropriate categories: before and after school care, seasonal holiday camps, clubs/activities, homework center and computer lab, community service, leisure and recreation, instructional classes, youth sports, music, arts and crafts, and Schools of Knowledge, Inspiration, Exploration and Skills. These programs are in addition to Parent Central.

Child Development Center

Building - 2530 Phone: (210) 221-5002 Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 5:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

The Child Development Center (CDC) offers a developmentally age-appropriate program for infants and children six weeks through five years of age.

Teen Center

Building 2515 Phone: (210) 221-3164

The Teen Center provides a number of programs designed to help teens successfully transition to adulthood and to instill character and leadership qualities in them. There are several programs associated with the new Teen Center including:

Torch Clubs

Younger adolescents need positive group experiences to help them gain qualities like tolerance, civic responsibility, community involvement, and leadership skills so they can become responsible, caring and productive American citizens. Boys and Girls Club members aged 11-13 are eligible for the Tuesday meetings. Torch Club members learn to work together to plan and implement activities in four areas: service to Club and community, education, health and fitness, and social recreation.

Keystone Clubs

Boys and Girls Club teens aged 14-18 can participate in the Keystone club, designed to promote and cultivate character and effective leadership. Keystoning is one of the premier leadership and service programs in America since its inception in 1964. With adult guidance, teens are give opportunity to make decisions and serve others. The Club, which meets on Wednesdays, consists of an adult advisor and approximately eight to 15 youths who elect officers and implement activities in six core program areas: Character and Leadership, Service to Club and Community, Education and Career Exploration, Free Enterprise, Unity, and Social Recreation. All activities stress service and leadership.

Smart Girls

This program is for small-groups to focus on health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement. It is designed to help the development of girls ages eight to 12 and 13-17. Meeting on Tuesdays, Club girls explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, getting good health care and developing positive relationships with peers and adults.

Passport to Manhood

This program promotes and teaches responsibility to Club boys ages 11-14, and consists of 14 sessions, each of which concentrates on a specific aspect of manhood. Meeting on Fridays, the program underscores

the notion that each youth is on a personal journey of maturation and growth and reinforces positive behavior.

National Fine Arts Exhibit Program

This year-round program, which meets on Mondays, encourages artistic expression among Club members ages six to 18. Displaying members’ drawings, paintings, prints, collages, mixed media and sculpture pieces at local and regional exhibits, the program gives children and youths the opportunity to have their art shown and judged by a panel for potential inclusion in the National Fine Arts Exhibit.

Other Programs

Club Tech (Thursdays), Imagemakers National Photography Program (ages six to18), and Triple Play (Mondays), which helps youth learn how to make healthier choices for the mind, body and soul.

School Liaison Services

Building - 2797 Phone: (210) 221-2256 Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 0:700-16:00

Services offered include: registering youth in the local school system, coordinating education transition related resources, collaborating with parents to ensure academic success, educating parents on the local school system policies, supporting home school families, and supplying resource materials on primary, secondary, and post-secondary education.

Family Child Care

Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Admin) Family Child Care (FCC) offers age-appropriate care for infants and children four weeks through 12 years of age in certified FCC homes on and off the installation. Hourly, full and part-time, extended and long-term care is offered. The FCC program offers family members self-employment opportunities, which include no-cost training and start-up support 1705 Dodd Boulevard Phone: (210) 221-4466/4455 Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 6 a.m.-6 p.m. (Administrative) Monday-Friday: 9 a.m.-18:00

School Age Services (SAS) offer age-appropriate activities for children in first through fifth grades. Some activities offered through SAS are: Computer technology/lab, homework center/power hour, science, nature, cooking, fine arts, special interest clubs, bowling, life skills, 4-H clubs, Boys and Girls Club of America affiliates, games, arts and crafts, music and sports.

Programs include: self-directed and programmed age-appropriate activities, before and after school care, holiday, summer, and day camps, hourly program/open recreation, and special needs inclusion.

SAS has a new program offering pick-up for school aged children who are participating in after-school activities. The following schools are currently part of the program: Royal Ridge, Wilshire Elementary, St. Pius X, and East Terrell Hills Elementary. Fees are assessed according to Total Family Income Category.

Middle School and Teens (MST)

1630 Watkins Boulevard Phone: (210) 221-3502 Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 15:00-20:00

The Middle School/Junior Teen Program offer programs for youths in 6th through 8th grades. Some programs and activities offered are: before and after school programs, holiday/summer camp, clubs/activities, school partnership, homework center and computer lab, high adventure, sponsorship, community services, Ultimate Journey, Junior Teen Council, San Antonio Teens (SAT), Smart Moves, developmental programs, and accelerated reading.

Photo By: Sgt. Ashley Dotson

Youth Sports

Building: 1630 Phone: (210) 221-5513 Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Youth Sports offer recreational sports opportunities for children and youths aged 3 to 18 years. Football, cheerleading and soccer are offered in the fall, basketball, T-ball, coach pitch, and track are offered in spring; golf, track, coed softball, sports clinics, and Summer Hoops are offered in the summer. For more information, contact the Sport office or Central Registration.

Skies Unlimited: Schools of Knowledge, Information, Exploration and Skills

Phone: (210) 221-3381 Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

School Liaison Services offer instructional classes in the following arenas: Gymnastics, Martial Arts, Tennis, Driver’s Education, Piano and Dance. Please see the website for current class offerings.

United States Department Agriculture (USDA) Program

Family Child Care providers participate in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. This program reimburses providers for meals to the children in their care, including their own. It also ensures the children are receiving nutritious and well-balanced meals and that providers receive financial compensation for participating.The Family Child Care Program also sponsors an off base affiliate program. These providers are approved by both the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS) and the FCC Office. The affiliates must follow the same regulations as the on base providers, and will receive the same benefits.

(contact the FCC office at (210) 221-3820 for all services below.)

Home Community Care

Required to work primary UTA weekend and there is no one available to provide care during the hours required to work.

Returning Home Care

Returning from a deployment of 30 days or more.

PLAYpass Pre-Deployment Child Care

For use before deployment - 16 hrs. of child care for military members scheduled to deploy within 30 days. Provide a copy of orders with request.

PLAYpass Deployment Child Care

During deployment - 16 hrs. of child care for each child when spouse is deployed for 30 days or more. Provide a copy of orders with request.

Medical Care

Experiencing a medical emergency for a family member.

Wounded Warrior Care

Wounded Warrior requiring hourly child care for appointments.

Child Care for Fallen Warriors

Fallen military family member requiring hourly child care for appointments.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Child Care

Permanent Change of Station Child Care - I am an Army, Marine, or Navy member assigned to an active duty AF Installation and I am requesting 20 hours of child care during my PCS move. A PCS move is never easy and children can feel stressed too. The intent of this program is to provide parents the opportunity to have their children cared for while they are getting ready to leave a base or arriving at a new base....while packing, unpacking, in-processing, house hunting, attending briefings, etc. The Family Child Care office in collaboration with Military & Family Readiness and the Military Aid Society provide the child care only in licensed Family Child Care homes for the PCS program. Certificates are issued by the Airman and Family Readiness Center, bldg. 693, 555 F St. West on Randolph, AFB to active duty member or spouse on PCS orders either arriving at JBSAbases or departing. (Please bring one copy of your orders.) Certificates are good for child care within 60 days of issue. Certificates must be shown at the time care is provided to verify eligibility.

Subsidy Program

The Family Child Care subsidy program will help working parents find high quality and affordable Infant care services. Parents seeking full-time child care services will be set in one of the six categories based on the family’s total annual income and pay the same rates in FCC homes as they would at one of the child care centers or school age programs on JBSA bases. Families eligible for the subsidy program at JBSA-FCC are active duty members, DOD employees, and Armed Forces retirees who have dependents between 6 weeks to 12 months of age and who are on the waiting list for the child development center. Additionally, the subsidy program is offered to dependents with special needs and dependents needing child care services during swing and midnight shifts.

Volunteer Care

Those who volunteer through the Red Cross, Military Aid Society and Family Support Center for twenty or more hours a week are eligible to receive free child care services in a licensed FCC home. Certificates are issued by the Airman and Family Readiness Center, bldg. 693, 555 F St. West on Randolph, Certificate must be shown at the time of care to verify eligibility. For additional information, contact FCC at JBSA/FSH at 221-3820.

Child Care Requirements

Air Force Instruction 34-144 Family Child Care Programs and the Housing Regulations prohibit the use of privatized or base quarters for child care unless licensed by the 502d Force Support Group commander. Additionally, unlicensed providers are not permitted to advertise in base publications or post advertisements on base bulletin boards. Licensed homes can be identified by the FCC logo displayed in the window or on the front door.

Unlicensed Care

Only licensed providers may provide care in government quarters. It is illegal for anyone in government quarters to provide more than 10 hours of care in a week or any amount of care on a regular or recurring basis. Failure to comply could result in loss of base housing privileges or possible personal liability suits. Families should be aware that the United States Air Force is not liable for problems occurring in unlicensed care.

LEISURE& Recreation

Golf Club

Building 2901, Harry Wurzbach Road Ph: (210) 221-5863/5675 Hours of Operation Monday-Saturday: 6 a.m.-6 p.m. (Lighted Driving Range 6 a.m.-9 p.m.)

The Gold Club features two 18-hole championship golf courses, the La Loma and Salado Del Rio. In the past, both the All-Army Championships and the Texas Open have been held on these courses. The Gold Club features a practice chipping green, lighted driving range, private car storage, rental clubs, and 150 rental carts. Within the clubhouse, Mulligan’s offers a full menu of snack bar items.

The club also features a Pro Shop with topof-the-line equipment, men’s and women’s apparel, year-round lessons and clinics for beginners or seasoned players.

MWR Ticket and Tours

Building 1395, Chaffee Road Phone: (210) 808-1376 Hours of Operation Tuesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

The MWR Ticket office, located in the Sam Houston Club, offers discount tickets to local theme parks and attractions such as SeaWorld and Fiesta Texas, and to vacation destinations such as Walt Disney World. The ticket office also sells tickets to movies and special events happening in the local area.

Harlequin

Building 2652, Harney Road Phone: (210) 222-9694 Box Office Hours Monday-Friday: 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Saturday: 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.

The Fort Sam Houston Harlequin Dinner Theatre provides a full evening of dining and live theatre. The theatre is nationally recognized and has won the coveted “Best in Festival” award seventeen times in the Army’s Festival of Performing Arts. A variety of shows are presented throughout the year in genres from musicals to mysteries and authors from Shakespeare to Simon.

Sam Houston Community Center

Building 1395, Chaffee Road Phone: (210) 808-6262 Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The Sam Houston Community Center provides a relaxing atmosphere to meet friends or coworkers for lunch during the week and a hang out on the weekends. The Community Center also serves as a venue for conferences, training and social events.

The facility features the Ticket Office, Java Café, free WiFi, a game room for adults with pool tables and 12 flat screens with Direct TV cable. With over 3,000 sq ft, the Event Center has 5 different venues available for hosting your special event to include full service catering.

Bowling Center

Building 2521, Schofield Road Phone: (210) 221-3683/4047 Hours of Operation Monday/Wednesday: 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Thursday/Saturday: 10 a.m.- 10 p.m. Sunday: 11 p.m.- 6 p.m.

The Bowling Center offers a familyfriendly atmosphere, perfect for a night out or a unit or office gathering. The center includes 24 lanes, a video arcade and a snack bar. Every Saturday evening the center features “Bowl-A-Jam.” Sundays are Family Bowling Day, and Soldier Appreciation Day is held on Saturdays from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Leagues are available for all skill levels.

Camp Bullis Recreation Area

Phone: (210) 295-7577/7529 Hours of Operation Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday: 7 a.m.-5 p.m.

Hunting at Camp Bullis is open to all DOD ID card holders; however, active duty military personnel have priority. A Texas stage hunting license and a Camp Bullis hunting permit are required to hunt. The facility includes 125 rifle-hunting stands, 17 turkey hunting blinds, 20 archery hunting areas, 15 dove hunting areas, RV storage lot, and a hunting lodge. The lodge can be rented for unit parties or group get-togethers.

Another highlight is the pay-as-yougo catfish pond. The pond is restocked in March and June with three to five pound channel catfish. A fishing license is not required. There is no daily fee.

Camp Bullis also features a Sportsman’s Range where shooters can fire personal firearms.

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