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Provides support to military families through local American Legion Posts. Apply for assistance online by filling out the FSN application form. Document is in .pdf format.

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Offers essential programs such as childcare, hospital assistance, spouse support meals and others to service members and their families.

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Explains four steps on how to create a shared sense of purpose as a couple after returning from deployment. Document is in .pdf format.

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Provides tips to military spouses on how to reconnect after long separations.

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A philanthropic endowment that makes grants from many individual funds to nonprofit organizations and individuals. The IADIF was created to provide funding to nonprofit organizations that offer direct services and other assistance to American military personnel and/or their families who have been impacted by deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Provides free, personalized Web sites that support and connect loved ones during critical illness, treatment and recovery. Partners with non-profit organizations that offer additional helpful resources on health care.

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Emotional considerations regarding reuniting with family members. Document is in .pdf format.

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Provides compassionate care, support and stress management tools for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families.

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Contains useful information for parents and family caregivers to help children cope during a parents' deployment. Document is in .pdf format.

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Discusses common expectations during the final stage of deployment and gives tips on how to reduce the stress of homecoming.

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Showcases a full range of support services for service members and their families including self-help materials, information and referral services, military life skills education, and counseling for individuals, couples and families.

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Exceptional Parent Magazine supports the special needs community. Includes information on the military, education, family and community, health care, technology, sports and more. Subscribe to EP Magazine.

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Resources for Educating About Deployment and You program (Operation R.E.A.D.Y.) designed for soldiers and families of the Army, Army National Guard, and the Army Reserve. Document is in .pdf format.

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Provides free mental health services nationwide by mental health professionals who literally give an hour of their time each week to military personnel and their families.

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Lawn and landscape maintenance becomes a definite hardship when a family's major breadwinner is on active duty away from home. GreenCare for Troops is designed to show the green industry's concern for this situation, helping affected families maintain their homes' green spaces. Register to get help with your landscaping and lawncare needs.

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Overview of benefits, rights and resources available to service members and their families to help with financial, medical, educational, employment and other needs.

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Provides financial assistance to military special needs children who are diagnosed within the autism spectrum and have an emotionally impaired disability.

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Discusses how friends and families can make a difference in the lives of returning war zone veterans. Document is in .pdf format.

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Tools to help service members improve their relationships with family and friends. Offers an assessment, an electronic-library, game-based simulations, and narrator-guided self-help workshops.

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Information and support for veterans, active military personnel and family members related to pre-deployment, deployment and post-deployment issues, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and veterans benefits.

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Offers support services for service members and their families. Also includes a Share Your Ideas section where service members and their families and friends can share their personal thoughts on the best ways to support service members as they return to their homes and communities.

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Augments other programs' abilities to meet the needs of geographically-dispersed family members of active duty, National Guard and Reserve who may be otherwise unable to access support programs.

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Information on topics including children, elder care, financial management, relocation and family members with disabilities.

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Supports military families by connecting them with community organizations, local governments and businesses, as well as provides information and resources on family support, relocation, travel, pay and benefits, job boards and more.

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Information for families on health, financial, benefits and other services. Includes a comprehensive Military Family Program Directory that can be downloaded in Word format.

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Toll-free call center (1-888-774-1361) offers personalized assistance with military and government services related to recovery and rehabilitation. Assistance includes medical care, education, training, job placement, personal mobility, housing, transportation and workplace accommodations, counseling, financial resources and more.

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Information for families who have spouses, children or dependent parents who require special medical or educational services.

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Contains extensive links to assistance Web sites for all services and ranks in the active military and reserves. Topics include mobilization, deployment and family readiness groups. Includes a new Web page specifically devoted to veterans.

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Fact sheet with resources for wounded or injured service members and their families. Document is in .pdf format.

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Audio conference fostering resiliency in military families, with six sessions including Combat Exposure and Its Traumatic Impact on Young Military Children.

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Informs parents who have been away on deployment, or gone for an extended time, how to reconnect with their family upon return. Several scenarios and typical reactions are discussed.

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Educates and works to remove the stigma of mental health issues among soldiers, their families and medical staff to ensure that a greater number of military families receive prompt and high-quality care.

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Advises parents on talking to children about war and threats of terrorism. Provides guidelines, questions to expect and information about the reactions children might have at various levels of development.

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Information for a smooth relocation including entitlements and benefits, points of contact, checklists, planning tools, education and employment.

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Supports the families of severely injured combat service members by helping them face the intense, life-changing challenges unique to their situations. If you are a member of a wounded warrior family complete this survey to help us ensure that your needs are better met.

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Helps parents to guide children through the coping process of having a parent in the military reserves. Reviews the deployment cycle and common reactions to it. Document is in .pdf format.

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Talk, Listen, Connect is a bilingual multimedia program for military families with children 2 to 5 experiencing deployments, multiple deployments or when a parent returns home changed due to a combat-related injury. All materials can be downloaded .

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Advocates for benefits and entitlements of military widows.

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Comprehensive information and tools to help military families with special needs children regarding medical, special education, community support and benefits and entitlements services.

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Information and workshops about parent rights and responsibilities regarding special education services for military children in the United States and overseas.

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Discusses the recent survey by the National Governor's Association (NGA) and provides links to .pdf format downloads of the survey and report. Survey covers family support, education benefits, licensing and registration benefits, tax and financial benefits, state employee benefits and protections, and employment support.

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Helps parents guide their children through the coping process involved with having a parent in the military reserves. Reviews the deployment cycle and common reactions to it. Document is in .pdf format.

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Advice for families preparing to move or who are encountering medical personnel and resources in their new surroundings. Document is in .pdf format.

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Provides advice on helping children cope with the stresses of having a parent go to war.

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Program funded by the American Legion assists minor children of eligible veterans through cash grants to cover needs such as housing, food and medical bills. Document is in .pdf format.

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Educates health care providers, military leaders, soldiers and family members on how to anticipate and cope with the five stages of deployment.

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Comprehensive services for those grieving the death of a loved one serving in the Armed Forces, including a national network of peer-based emotional support, case work assistance, crisis intervention and grief and trauma resources.

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Financial assistance for wounded warriors and families, prevention of foreclosure/eviction and help with basic needs.

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Educates state policymakers, not-for-profit associations, concerned business interests and other leaders about the needs of service members and their families. Includes ten priority issues identified by DoD.

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Provides veterans and families with support needed to successfully transition home from deployment and from military to civilian life.

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Programs and services including benefits counseling, employment assistance, family support, recreational activities and more, to assist severely injured veterans of the Iraq, Afghanistan and other recent conflicts transition back to civilian life.

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Military families share deployment experiences and early childhood professionals offer tips for dealing with grief and loss from deployment and the challenges of reuniting.

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