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Military OneSource  This site provides information and resources to help balance work and family life. Consultants are available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week by phone, online, or via email offering personalized support to any service or family member. Military OneSource can connect individuals with a trained, state-licensed mental health professional in the community, telephonically, or online for confidential/private counseling. Military OneSource offers twelve free in-person counseling sessions per person, per issue.  For those unable to attend face-to-face counseling, Military OneSource arranges telephone and online consultations.

Military OneSource provides web-based information on many topics related to child care and can help locate child care services. Military OneSource will first direct families to the installation's child care program if a family lives on or within thirty minutes of an installation. If a family has already explored this option and has been assigned to a waiting list, Military OneSource will then refer the family to Child Care Aware of America (formerly NACCRRA.)

Child Care Aware of America works with families to identify child care options in the local community. In the event either of these resources fails to meet a family's needs, Military OneSource consultants will route the case for research to provide additional options.  To contact Military OneSource by phone, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, call Stateside at 1-800-342-9647. The Military OneSource website lists specific dialing information for other countries.

Child Care Aware of America Child Care Aware of America is a "national network of more than 850 child care resource and referral centers (CCR&Rs) located in every state and most communities across the United States. CCR&R centers help families, child care providers, and communities find, provide, and plan for affordable, quality child care."  Child Care Aware of America partners with each of the branches of Service to help military families find affordable quality child care.