Family Resources

Emergencies | Deployments | For Spouses, Parents | For Children

• Air Force Crossroads
• 4MilitaryFamilies.com
• Family Readiness Groups — Ideas guide
• Military Family Resource Center — A tool for enhancing the effectiveness of military family policy and programs.
• Military Assistance Program — Information, tools for military members and families in family support areas such as relocation, employment and financial management.
• National Military Family Association — National organization dedicated to identifying and resolving issues of concern to military families.

  • News for Military Families
• FLASH MAIL — Service designed to help soldiers overseas send high speed letter mail back to the U.S. to family/friends who do not have e-mail access.

• Armed Forces Emergency Services (Red Cross)
• Air Force Aid Society
• LIFELines
• Hotlines & Helplines
• Fisher House — A national network of comfort houses providing a "home away from home" for families of patients receiving care at major regional military and VA medical centers.
• American Legion Family Support Network — World's largest veterans organization.
• Armed Services YMCA —A national affiliate of the non-profit YMCA that works with the Department of Defense.
• AARP Grief & Loss Assistance Program

• Checklist — Deployment readiness
• DeploymentLink - Health support, news, etc.
• Deployment and Family Separation: An Annotated Bibliography — From Family Research Institute, Purdue University
• Enduring Freedom — Family support.
• Operation Military Pride — Volunteer organization with a wide range of activities to boost the morale of deployed troops.
• Dads at a Distance & Moms Over Miles — Designed to help parents maintain, strengthen relationships with their children while they are away.
• Advice for Stepparents — When spouse is deployed.
• K.I.D.S. — Information for children on deployments.

• CinCHouse.com — For military wives who meet online, teach each other, socialize and attend to their business of running a military household.
• Military Spouse Business Network —An organization dedicated to supporting all members of the Armed Forces. 
• Long Distance Couples — Designed to help couples who have to be away from each other to maintain, strengthen the relationship with each other while they are away.
• Smart Marriages — Serves as a clearinghouse to help couples locate and select marriage, family and couples courses.
• Goldstar Wives of America, Inc.
• Military Spouse Support Page
• Silent Warriors
• Spouses of Retired Military
• STOMP: Specialized Training of Military Parents — Provides support, advice to parents without regard of the type of medical condition their child has.
• Military Family Support Network of National Capitol Region — A non-profit corporation serving families who have a child with a disability.

• American Legion's Site for Children
• Coloring Pages for Children
• Military Child Education Coalition
• Military Children & Youth — Information on military children and youth issues, programs and initiatives.
• Military Teens on the Move — Chat room, bulletin board, other resources for teens to assist them with relocating and other teen issues.
• K.I.D.S. — Information for children on deployments.
• Girl Power!
• GlobalKids
• Homework Help

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