The Navy's Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) ensures that special needs are met through mandatory enrollment and pinpoint assignments to locations where necessary resources are available. Navy exceptional family members (EFMs) are defined as authorized family members of any age who have physical, emotional, developmental, or educational disabilities or conditions requiring special medical, psychological, or educational services. Navy EFMP guidance may be found in:

• Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Instruction 1754.5B, "Exceptional Family Member Program," December 14, 2005
• Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Instruction 1300.2A, "Suitability Screening, Medical Assignment Screening and Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) Identification and Enrollment," July 6, 2010
• Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) Instruction 1300.14D, "Suitability Screening for Overseas and Remote Duty Assignment," April 9, 2007
• OPNAV Instruction 1754.2C, "Exceptional Family Member (EFM) Program," January 22, 2007 

The Navy's Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) ensures that special needs are met through mandatory enrollment and pinpoint assignments to locations where necessary resources are available. Navy exceptional family members (EFMs) are defined as authorized family members of any age who have physical, emotional, developmental, or educational disabilities or conditions requiring special medical, psychological, or educational services. Navy EFMP guidance may be found in:

• Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Instruction 1754.5B, "Exceptional Family Member Program," December 14, 2005
• Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Instruction 1300.2A, "Suitability Screening, Medical Assignment Screening and Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) Identification and Enrollment," July 6, 2010
• Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) Instruction 1300.14D, "Suitability Screening for Overseas and Remote Duty Assignment," April 9, 2007
• OPNAV Instruction 1754.2C, "Exceptional Family Member (EFM) Program," January 22, 2007 

The Navy's Suitability Screening Program determines the suitability of all Navy and Marine Corps service and family members for overseas or remote duty assignments. It also addresses the suitability of service members for operational (sea duty) requirements. Commanding officers must ensure Sailors, Marines and their family members are screened within thirty days of receipt of transfer orders. Steps in the screening process include: 

1. Service member receives orders, completes screening worksheet for self and each family member, and schedules medical, dental, and educational screening with Navy medical treatment facility (MTF) and dental treatment facility (DTF). 
2. Medical/dental providers conduct screening, complete "Medical, Dental and Educational Suitability Screening for Service and Family Members" (NAVMED 1300/1) for each individual, and identify special needs, if any. 
3. If special needs are identified, the EFMP coordinator initiates enrollment, and the suitability screening coordinator requests suitability determination from gaining MTF. 
4. Losing MTF makes suitability recommendation and transferring command makes final suitability determination. 

Suitability screening and EFMP enrollment may proceed concurrently, but screening must be completed before the sponsor reports to the new duty location. Sponsors with EFMs who were not enrolled in the EFMP before receiving orders may not be authorized to obtain command-sponsored travel for family members if the gaining MTF determines that general medical services required by any family member are not available.

The Navy's Suitability Screening Program determines the suitability of all Navy and Marine Corps service and family members for overseas or remote duty assignments. It also addresses the suitability of service members for operational (sea duty) requirements. Commanding officers must ensure Sailors, Marines and their family members are screened within thirty days of receipt of transfer orders. Steps in the screening process include: 

1. Service member receives orders, completes screening worksheet for self and each family member, and schedules medical, dental, and educational screening with Navy medical treatment facility (MTF) and dental treatment facility (DTF). 
2. Medical/dental providers conduct screening, complete "Medical, Dental and Educational Suitability Screening for Service and Family Members" (NAVMED 1300/1) for each individual, and identify special needs, if any. 
3. If special needs are identified, the EFMP coordinator initiates enrollment, and the suitability screening coordinator requests suitability determination from gaining MTF. 
4. Losing MTF makes suitability recommendation and transferring command makes final suitability determination. 

Suitability screening and EFMP enrollment may proceed concurrently, but screening must be completed before the sponsor reports to the new duty location. Sponsors with EFMs who were not enrolled in the EFMP before receiving orders may not be authorized to obtain command-sponsored travel for family members if the gaining MTF determines that general medical services required by any family member are not available.

Enrollment in the Navy EFMP is required immediately upon identification of a special need. "Exceptional Family Member Medical Summary" (Department of Defense (DD) Form 2792) and, if applicable, "Exceptional Family Member Special Education/Early Intervention" (DD Form 2792-1) are used to enroll Sailors in the EFMP and are available from personnel service activities, EFMP coordinators, command points of contact or the Internet. Sailors may take the form to the nearest MTF to be completed, or a civilian provider may complete the medical summary if the Sailor is not stationed within an area served by an MTF. The EFMP coordinator at the MTF reviews enrollment forms for consistency and completeness and forwards the application to one of three Central Screening Committees (CSC): 

For locations east of the Mississippi River and locations in Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, Middle East, and South America: 

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (Code 0465C)
EFMP Central Screening Committee
620 John Paul Jones Circle
Portsmouth, VA 23708-2197
Commercial: 1-757-953-5900
Fax: 1-757-953-7134

For locations west of the Mississippi River in the continental United States including Alaska: 

Naval Medical Center San Diego
EFMP Central Screening Committee, Suite 100
34520 Bob Wilson Drive
San Diego, CA 92134-5000
Commercial 1-619-532-6910
Fax: 1-619-532-6908
DSN 522-6910

For commands in the west Pacific and Asia, including Guam and Hawaii: 

US Naval Hospital Yokosuka
EFMP Central Screening Committee
PSC 475, Box 1
FPO AP 96350-1600
Commercial, 011-81-311-743-7260
Fax: 011-81-311-743-5891
DSN: 243-7260  

The CSC, a multidisciplinary committee of health care providers, reviews the enrollment forms. If it approves enrollment, an assignment category is recommended and the application is forwarded to the Navy Personnel Command (PERS-451) in Millington, Tennessee. The Navy’s EFMP manager reports enrollment to officer and enlisted detailers, annotates sponsors’ personnel records, maintains an EFMP database, and monitors assignments of all program enrollees. Enrollees must update enrollment information every three years, at least nine months prior to receiving orders and/or with a change of status of an EFM. 

Note: Army and Air Force MTFs may initiate enrollment when they identify a Navy or Marine Corp EFM by forwarding the DD Form 2792 and DD Form 2792-1 to the appropriate CSC using the criteria above.

Enrollment in the Navy EFMP is required immediately upon identification of a special need. "Exceptional Family Member Medical Summary" (Department of Defense (DD) Form 2792) and, if applicable, "Exceptional Family Member Special Education/Early Intervention" (DD Form 2792-1) are used to enroll Sailors in the EFMP and are available from personnel service activities, EFMP coordinators, command points of contact or the Internet. Sailors may take the form to the nearest MTF to be completed, or a civilian provider may complete the medical summary if the Sailor is not stationed within an area served by an MTF. The EFMP coordinator at the MTF reviews enrollment forms for consistency and completeness and forwards the application to one of three Central Screening Committees (CSC): 

For locations east of the Mississippi River and locations in Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, Middle East, and South America: 

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (Code 0465C)
EFMP Central Screening Committee
620 John Paul Jones Circle
Portsmouth, VA 23708-2197
Commercial: 1-757-953-5900
Fax: 1-757-953-7134

For locations west of the Mississippi River in the continental United States including Alaska: 

Naval Medical Center San Diego
EFMP Central Screening Committee, Suite 100
34520 Bob Wilson Drive
San Diego, CA 92134-5000
Commercial 1-619-532-6910
Fax: 1-619-532-6908
DSN 522-6910

For commands in the west Pacific and Asia, including Guam and Hawaii: 

US Naval Hospital Yokosuka
EFMP Central Screening Committee
PSC 475, Box 1
FPO AP 96350-1600
Commercial, 011-81-311-743-7260
Fax: 011-81-311-743-5891
DSN: 243-7260  

The CSC, a multidisciplinary committee of health care providers, reviews the enrollment forms. If it approves enrollment, an assignment category is recommended and the application is forwarded to the Navy Personnel Command (PERS-451) in Millington, Tennessee. The Navy’s EFMP manager reports enrollment to officer and enlisted detailers, annotates sponsors’ personnel records, maintains an EFMP database, and monitors assignments of all program enrollees. Enrollees must update enrollment information every three years, at least nine months prior to receiving orders and/or with a change of status of an EFM. 

Note: Army and Air Force MTFs may initiate enrollment when they identify a Navy or Marine Corp EFM by forwarding the DD Form 2792 and DD Form 2792-1 to the appropriate CSC using the criteria above.

The Navy considers special needs in all assignments of Sailors enrolled in the EFMP. It gives maximum consideration to co-locating sponsors with their families and makes overseas assignments only to locations where services for EFM are available. However, enrollment in EFMP does not limit any Sailor’s availability for worldwide assignment or the requirement to serve unaccompanied tours to fulfill sea/shore obligations of rate/rating. To facilitate matching assignments to needs, the Navy has six enrollment categories: 

• Category I – no special assignment considerations other than monitoring by NAVPERSCOM
• Category II – pinpoint assignment to location with required services overseas or within the continental United States (CONUS)
• Category III – no accompanied overseas assignments
• Category IV – assignment near a major medical area (military or civilian) in CONUS
• Category V – homestead assignment (homestead assignments do not preclude requirements for sea/shore rotations of the sponsor or sponsor-elected unaccompanied/geographical bachelor assignments)
• Category VI – temporary enrollment from six to twelve months for treatment/diagnostic assessment followed by updated category designation

The Navy considers special needs in all assignments of Sailors enrolled in the EFMP. It gives maximum consideration to co-locating sponsors with their families and makes overseas assignments only to locations where services for EFM are available. However, enrollment in EFMP does not limit any Sailor’s availability for worldwide assignment or the requirement to serve unaccompanied tours to fulfill sea/shore obligations of rate/rating. To facilitate matching assignments to needs, the Navy has six enrollment categories: 

• Category I – no special assignment considerations other than monitoring by NAVPERSCOM
• Category II – pinpoint assignment to location with required services overseas or within the continental United States (CONUS)
• Category III – no accompanied overseas assignments
• Category IV – assignment near a major medical area (military or civilian) in CONUS
• Category V – homestead assignment (homestead assignments do not preclude requirements for sea/shore rotations of the sponsor or sponsor-elected unaccompanied/geographical bachelor assignments)
• Category VI – temporary enrollment from six to twelve months for treatment/diagnostic assessment followed by updated category designation