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Child Care and DOD Education Increases For 2012
February 14th, 2011
Today, December 15, 2011, the Department of Defense released the 2012 Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates, which take effect Jan. 1, 2012. Overall rates will increase an average of 2 percent this year; regrettably, the 2% average raise in BAH is over two percent less than first proposed by President Obama in his initial budget proposal for 2012.
Note for those attending school utilizing the Post 9/11 GI Bill: According to the Veteran’s Administration, if your housing rate decreased for 2012, you will continue to receive the higher 2011 rate unless you change schools or have more than a six month break in school attendance.
14 Feb 2011, President Obama released his “Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012.” I have taken the liberty to extract the portion within the Defense budget overview that related to our members and families.
Also in the budget, it is projected that Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) will increase an average of 4.2 percent, and Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) will increase 3.4 percent.
DoD schools and child care are to receive roughly $3.6billion.
Today’s servicemembers make up the most elite and proficient fighting force in
the world, and their strength depends on the strength and stability of their families. Overall,
the Budget provides $8.3 billion to support military families, including $1.2 billion to expand
availability of affordable, high-quality child care; $4.7 billion to improve servicemembers’ quality
of life; and $2.4 billion to sustain and build DOD schools, supporting quality education for military
dependents. The Budget also includes funding for a 1.6 percent pay raise for military service
members, as well as a variety of monthly special skill-based payments, enlistment and
reenlistment bonuses, and other benefits. In addition, included in the $8.3 billion, the Budget shifts $73 million from the OCO budget to the base budget to support stability and adequate resources for important family support programs over the long-term.
Cares for Wounded, Ill, and Injured Servicemembers.
The Administration sustains ongoing efforts to provide high-quality medical care
to the over 9.6 million servicemembers, retirees, and their families. This includes support for
wounded warrior transition units and centers of excellence in vision, hearing, traumatic brain
injury (TBI), and other areas to continuously improve the care provided to wounded, ill, and
injured servicemembers.
The Budget provides:
- • $52.5 billion for the overall Military Health System, which includes construction of military
hospitals and clinics, pay for military medical staff, as well as accrual contributions for future
Medicare-eligible beneficiaries;- • A projected $677 million to provide care for TBI and psychological health; and
- • $415 million for continued support of wounded, ill, and injured medical research, to
include psychological health and TBI/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.To ensure that beneficiaries receive treatment in state-of-the-art hospitals and clinics, the Budget
plans for completion of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and funds construction
of the Fort Bliss hospital replacement, and ambulatory care centers at Andrews Air
Force Base and Lackland Air Force Base.
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