Which document is this? DD Form 2605, official title DD Form 2605, Department of Defense Child Development Program Annual Summary of Operations, December 2002. What does it do? It exists to Annual Summary of Operations, Department of Defense Child Development Program. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Is there a version specific to your service? No. A DD number is issued at Department level, which is the whole point of the prefix — every military department and defense agency works from one identical document. Looking for a branch variant wastes time you do not have.
Who decides this form exists? not stated owns it; not stated directs its use. If someone told you to file this, the authority traces back to those.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- 3. TOTAL INSTALLATIONS PROVIDING CARE*. a. Center Based Care Only: 1. Number On installation.
- 3.a.2. Number off-installation subsidized by service.
- 3.a.3. Number both on and off installation.
- 3.b.2. Number off-installation.
- 3.b.3. Number both on and off installation.
- 3.b. Installations providing In-home Care Only: 1. Number On installation.
- 3.c. Number of installations providing Resource and Referral (R&R)/Supplemental Programs only:
- 3.d. Number of installations providing combination of center-based and in-home care.
- 3.e. Number of installations providing Combination of center-based, in-home, and R&R/Supplemental.
- 4. TOTAL FACILITIES*. a. TOTAL NUMBER OF SEPARATE Child Development Centers.
- 4.b. TOTAL NUMBER OF LICENSED IN-Home CARE HOMES located on the installation.
- 4.c. TOTAL NUMBER OF LICENSED IN-Home CARE HOMES located off the installation.
- 5.c. On-installation In-home Care.
- 5.d. Off-Installation In-Home Care
- 5.e. R & R Supplemental Programs.
- 5. Operational Capacity*. Enter numbers: a. On-Installation Child Development Center
- 5.b. Off-Installation Child Development Center subsidized by the Service.
- 6. Operational Capacity by Age Group in Child Development Centers*: a. Infants (0 - 12 months).
- 6.c. Toddlers (25 - 36 months)
- 6.d. Preschool (37 months - 5 years)
- 6.e. School-age (5 - 12 years)
- 6.f. Total
- 6.b. Pretoddlers (13 - 24 months)
- 7. Paid enrollment on date of record*. Enter numbers of: a. Children of Active Duty Military, in Centers.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 2 pages, about 93 entry fields.
What is the difference between fillable and printable? A fillable pdf has real field boxes that accept typed text and hold it inside the file. A printable pdf is a flat blank with no fields at all, intended for a printer and a pen. Which one you have determines how you complete the form, so it is worth checking first.
Should you type or write? Type, whenever the choice is yours. The reason is what happens after submission: the record gets copied and scanned, and every pass costs handwriting legibility that typed entries never lose.
What does any of this cost? Nothing. Every format listed is a free download. One practical note: save the file and open it in a desktop pdf reader, because browser previews often ignore interactive fields and lose what you typed.
Can you skip around the form? Better not to. The layout runs identification, then content, then certification, and entries near the bottom frequently take their meaning from what sits above them.
What is the first thing to check? The edition date on the face of the form. Does it read not stated? If not, the copy is superseded, and a superseded DD form is a real problem: Department-level revisions replace the blank for every service at once, so an old file on a shared drive is stale everywhere, not just in your office.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
Where does the completed form go? To the office named in not stated or in your organization's local procedure. Should you keep a copy? Always — a scan or a saved file costs nothing and spares you the whole exercise if the original disappears.
Do you need to know which branch issued a related form? No. DD numbering is Department-wide and unified, which means the number on its own is a complete address for the document.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? To not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2605?
- DD Form 2605, Department of Defense Child Development Program Annual Summary of Operations, December 2002
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?