As requested, the General Accounting Office conducted a survey in Feburary 1988 of military installations with child development centers in the continental United States. It was found that the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps had a combined capacity to serve about 62,000 children at one time at the 215 installations responding. This figure included the number of spaces available in both child development centers and family day care homes, the two programs where child care is most often provided. Department of Defense operating costs for the child development center program worldwide totaled 134.3 million dollars in fiscal year 1987. About one-third of these costs were met with congressional appropriations, and two-thirds with nonappropriated funds, such as parent user fees. Although military child care programs have grown significantly over the past few years, installations cannnot adequately respond to all requests for center-based care from service members on active duty. Of the installations surveyed, 185 maintained lists that contained the names of about 25,000 children waiting for care.(RH)