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.

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Armed Forces Foundation Family Assistance Program

Provides direct financial support to Service Members and their families for everyday living expenses, home improvements, transition and career counseling, funeral arrangements, travel expenses for military families, family counseling services and other related costs.
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Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)

AAFES provides quality merchandise and services to authorized customers to generate earnings to supplement funds for the support of U.S. Army and Air Force Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) programs. Find the nearest BX/PX.

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Fact Sheet for Injured Service Members & Their Families

Fact sheet from the National Military Family Association provides resources for wounded or injured Service Members and their families.

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Family Engagement Kit 2009

Educates families on safety matters to help prevent accidents from occurring when soldiers are off-duty. This multi-media kit includes a Travel Risk Planning System (TriPS), a Web-based planning tool requiring an AKO login to help you examine and reduce the risk of traveling when using your personal automobile or motorcycle. Also explains how alcohol, fatigue and post-traumatic stress disorder can endanger drivers.

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Family Planning for Disasters - How to Plan For and Protect Your Family's Health

Fact sheet designed to provide information on family preparedness planning for disasters, including special health needs, tips around evacuation, and creating a family communication plan.
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Handbook for Injured Service Members & Their Families

Handbook published by the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund that outlines benefits, rights and resources available to Service Members and their families to help with financial, medical, educational, employment, legal and other needs.

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Hope 4 Heroes

Provides support to disabled Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, traumatic brain injury, loss of limbs and severe burns. Also offers transition assistance, counseling, career assistance and training, living skills, emergency funding, housing and family counseling.
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Military & Family Live Consultant (MFLC) Joint Family Support Assistance Program

Helps meet the needs of geographically-dispersed family members of Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve who otherwise may not be able to find support programs.
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Military Family Program

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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Military HOMEFRONT

Programs serving troops and families, including child care and counseling services, help for family members with disabilities and legal assistance.

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Military HOMEFRONT Special Needs Programs

Information for families who have spouses, children or dependent parents who require special medical or educational services.
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Military Teens on the Move (MTOM)

Information and resources for kids and teens. Focuses on getting ready to move and what to expect, relocation, schools, volunteering and staying in touch.
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MilitaryINSTALLATIONS

Provides a directory of over 250 military installations and communities worldwide, including locations of installation programs and services, maps and directions.
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Mobilization & Deployment Resources

Contains extensive links to Web sites of organizations that provide assistance to all services and ranks in the Active Duty military and Reserves. Topics include mobilization, deployment and family readiness groups. Includes a new Web page specifically devoted to Veterans.

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National Military Family Association

Provides information relevant to military families, including education, employment, health care and finances.
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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.

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Operation Healthy Reunion

Provides tips to military families on how to reconnect after long separations and ways to cope with war and loss.
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Quality of Life Foundation (QLF)

Serves the families of severely injured Service Members by helping them face the intense, life-changing challenges unique to their situations. The families of wounded warriors may complete an online survey so that QLF and other organizations can find ways to better respond to the needs of these families.

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Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Families

Guidebook from the National Center for PTSD that helps military families become reacquainted with returning Service Members.

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Reuniting with Your Loved One - Helpful Advice for Families

Fact sheet provides information on ways to enhance your homecoming and communication during the holidays when a Service Member returns home.
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Safety, Health & Preparedness for Military Families

Fact sheet offered by the University Services University of Health Sciences that provides advice and reminders for military families about the deployment cycle, routine health and family preparedness for disaster.

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Separation & Reunion Handbook

Handbook published by Hooah4Health that outlines what families of returning Service Members can expect and how to manage the pre-entry, reunion, disruption, communication and final stages of reunions.

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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.

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Side by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse

Information from Forced Health Protection and Readiness Policy and Programs about 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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Specialized Training of Military Parents (STOMP)

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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Sustaining Health Care Continuity for Military Families

Advice from the Uniformed Servces University of Health Sciences for families preparing to move or who are encountering medical personnel and resources in their new surroundings.

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The Military Family Network

Supports military families and increases their readiness and well-being by connecting them with their communities and the local organizations that provide the best services and value.
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The Special Needs Network

Provides resources, research and education for families of individuals with disabilities and the elderly. Includes information about connecting with other families, working successfully with government agencies, keeping up with changes in the law and becoming an advocate for your family member.
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Veterans & Families

Provides Veterans and families with support needed to successfully transition home from deployment and from military to civilian life.
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Veterans Families United Foundation

Provides educational tools and resources, support and information for Veterans and their families dealing with war-related illness and trauma.
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Worklife Institute - OEF/OIF Reentry & Worklife Transition Program

Provides Service Members, Veterans and their families with family and personal counseling, career transition, work orientation and legal services. Free of charge to Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans and families.
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Wounded Warrior Project

Offers 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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Wounded Warrior Resource Center

Toll-free call center (1-800-342-9647) 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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Wounded Warriors Family Support (WWFS)

Provides support to the families of those who have been wounded, injured or killed during combat operations. WWFS owns five fully furnished condominium units for use by the families of our wounded/injured Veterans and widows. Preference goes to those with families and the greatest financial need.
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