Erin Williams

Authored "Caring for Children and Retaining Families: The Gaps in Military Child Care" (published by the Modern War Institute), Major Erin Williams examines the critical shortage of affordable, accessible childcare in the U.S. military and its direct impact on service member retention. While the military childcare system is praised for its safety and high standards, it suffers from severe capacity gaps driven by changing demographics, including a rise in dual-military and single-parent households. About 22% of military families who need childcare cannot access it, leading to long waits, finan