Military families struggling to find child care could get help if the Defense Department has success with a new two-year pilot program. Called Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood Plus, or MCCYN-PLUS, the expanded program will let military families living in Maryland or parts of Virginia (Central, Eastern, North Central, Northern and Peninsula) use state-licensed child care centers in addition to the nationally accredited ones that are already available. The program, which will end in 2021, began Oct. 1. Read more on Military.com.