PCS orders. Two kids. 60 days. 400 programs you've never heard of in a city you've never been to. NearBase was built for exactly this moment — by someone who lived it.
Start your free search →Enter your duty station or zip code. NearBase maps every program within reach — including programs that don't appear on Google.
Ages, curriculum, hours, military discounts, special needs support, sibling availability. Your Match Score updates in real time.
Verified waitlist times from real military families. Match Scores. AI-powered explanations for every recommendation.
Contact schools directly. Track waitlists. Get alerts when spots open. NearBase walks you through every step.
On-base Child Development Centers have 12-18 month waitlists. NearBase surfaces this urgency signal immediately so you don't waste three weeks on the wrong search first.
A 3-year-old and an 18-month-old need completely different programs. NearBase is the only platform that surfaces schools accepting both children simultaneously — one drop-off, one community.
NearBase families report waitlist times and tour experiences after every phone call. You see real, current data — not a profile last updated two years ago.
Free Montessori public charters, DCPS PK3 programs, Head Start — NearBase surfaces every free and subsidized option. Apply to the My School DC lottery before your orders come through.
The NearBase map overlays schools with coffee shops, rec centers, and military housing areas. Families choose neighborhoods based on where the best schools are — not the other way around.
MCCYN acceptance, deployment flexibility, EFMP awareness, extended hours for early duty days, mid-year enrollment. Filters no other directory has built for you.
Most directories treat a 3-year-old and an 18-month-old as the same search. They're not. NearBase splits your family into two age-specific searches, surfaces the urgency difference, and tells you what to do first.
Start searching →When you contact a school on NearBase, we ask one simple question: "How did it go?" Your answer — waitlist time, director warmth, whether they knew about EFMP — flows back into the platform and helps the next military family who calls that same school. The 40–60 hours you spend searching pays forward to the family arriving six months after you.
Start your free search →New schools, waitlist changes, and military discounts near your next base — one short email when it matters, never spam.