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.
Armed Forces Foundation Family Assistance Program
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.
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.
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.
Family Planning for Disasters - How to Plan For and Protect Your Family's Health
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.
Military & Family Live Consultant (MFLC) Joint Family Support Assistance Program
Programs serving troops and families, including child care and counseling services, help for family members with disabilities and legal assistance.
Military HOMEFRONT Special Needs Programs
Military Teens on the Move (MTOM)
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.
National Military Family Association
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.
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.
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.
Reuniting with Your Loved One - Helpful Advice for Families
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.
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.
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.
Side by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse
Specialized Training of Military Parents (STOMP)
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.
Veterans Families United Foundation
Worklife Institute - OEF/OIF Reentry & Worklife Transition Program
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.
Wounded Warriors Family Support (WWFS)