; and (II) at least one partnership is based at— (aa) a Navy installation that is not a Marine Corps installation; (bb) a Marine Corps installation; (cc) an Army installation; (dd) an Air Force installation that is not a Space Force installation; (ee) a Space Force installation; and (ff) a joint military installation; and (ii) to consider— (I) geographic diversity and population demographics to reflect the inclusion of multiple communities across the United States; (II) the appropriate qualifications, consistent with Department of Defense regulations and training requirements and under applicable State and local laws, to provide services to meet the needs of eligible children; and (III) existing resources available to the eligible child care providers or networks of such providers to train and support employees for eligible child care providers; and (B) may authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to establish partnerships in communities near military installations with military child development centers or other existing early childcare programs of the Department of Defense, including the Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood program. (c) Authorized functions In carrying out the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Secretary may— (1) direct the Secretaries of the military departments— (A) to identify gaps between existing early child care needs and available eligible child care providers in communities where such Secretaries are considering establishing the pilot program; (B) to use resources of the Department of Defense to support eligible child care providers in recruitment and retention of employees, including through professional development and financial incentives for such employees