All Military Branches
American Legion Family Support Network (FSN)
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.
Armed Services YMCA of the USA
California Community Foundation - Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund (IADIF)
Caring Bridge - Non-profit Partners
Coming Home - A Guide for Service Members
Courage to Care - Helping Children Cope During Deployment
Deployment Guide for Families of Deploying Soldiers
Deployment Health & Family Readiness Library
Exceptional Parent (EP) Magazine
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.
Family Support Group Leader Handbook
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.
Give an Hour - Free Mental Health Services
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.
Handbook for Injured Service Members & Their Families
How to Make a Difference in the Lives of Returning War Zone Veterans
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.
Iraq War Veterans Organization
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.
Military & Family Live Consultant (MFLC) Joint Family Support Assistance Program
Military Assistance Program Central
Information for families on health, financial, benefits and other services. Includes a comprehensive Military Family Program Directory that can be downloaded in Word format.
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.
Military HOMEFRONT Special Needs Programs
Mobilization and Deployment - Military Family Program
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.
National Military Family Association -- Fact Sheet for Injured Service Members
National Training Institute - From Family Stress to Family Strengths
Audio conference fostering resiliency in military families, with six sessions including Combat Exposure and Its Traumatic Impact on Young Military Children.
Operation Healthy Reunions - Reconnecting With Your Children
Operation Healthy Reunions - Reconnecting With Your Children
Parent's Guide for Talking to their Children About War
Information for a smooth relocation including entitlements and benefits, points of contact, checklists, planning tools, education and employment.
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.
Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Families
Sesame Workshop for Military Families
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 .
Specialized Training of Military Parents (STOMP)
State & Territorial Support for National Guard & Regular Military Members & Their Families
Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists (SOFAR) Guide
Sustaining Health Care Continuity for Military Families
Talking to Children About Going to War
Temporary Financial Assistance (TFA)
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.
The Emotional Cycle of Deployment - A Military Family Perspective
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
Zero to Three - Young Children on the Homefront Video