Family Advocacy Programs (FAP)
Army National Guard: Retired
Benefit Fact Sheet
Summary:
Family Advocacy is dedicated to domestic and child abuse prevention, education, prompt reporting, investigation, intervention and treatment. The Army provides a variety of services to Soldiers and Families to enhance their relationship skills and improve their quality of life. Family Advocacy Programs (FAP) provides Families with direct services, and conducts various prevention, training, and data-collection activities.
Eligibility:
Military Retirees and their Families are eligible for FAP services.
Alleged victims and offenders of domestic abuse and child abuse must be eligible beneficiaries of the Military Healthcare System and authorized by Army Regulation (AR) 40-3, Medical, Dental, and Veterinary care to receive Family Advocacy Program services.
Benefit Highlights:
The Family Advocacy Program (FAP) is designed to provide supportive programs and services to active duty Soldiers and their Families. The program and services offered range from infant, children, teens, individuals, couples, and parents. The support is directed to providing:
- Personal Safety - through reducing Family violence
- Self-sufficiency - building strong Families/strong soldiers through information, education, and skill-building activities
- Personnel Preparedness - through reducing duty time lost and increasing unit readiness
- Community Cohesion - through programs designed to create a strong integrated Army community promoting command involvement and supporting soldier and Family wellness.
Family Advocacy programs available at Army installations may include:
- New Parent Home Visitor Program
- Parent child support activity groups (infant - 3 yrs)
- Parenting (1- 3 yrs)
- Parenting (school age and teens)
- New Parent Basic Training
- Victim Advocacy Program
- Crisis intervention and non-clinical support
- Safety assessment and planning
- Information on the Transitional Compensation Program
- Information and referral
- Communication
- Couples
- Teens
- Survival Skills for Healthy Families
- Family Skills
- Anger Awareness (adults and children)
- Stress Management (Family, Home and Work, Stress in Children)
- Child Safety (Home Alone and Violence Prevention education for children)
- Fathering (emphasizing the importance of the father's role in a successful parenting team)
FAP Services include, but are not limited to:
- Domestic Violence Awareness educational programs that discuss the effects of domestic violence on children, the abuser's power and control, and available resources for individuals seeking intervention
- Child Abuse Awareness educational programs for staff, military personnel, and Families, which discuss the four types of abuse, being an advocate for a child in need, and confidentiality.
- Community Awareness Programs, which promote healthy Families and the prevention of child abuse and domestic violence.
- Short-term crisis counseling to provide intervention and support to individuals or Families in need.
- Advocacy and referral to local agencies that can provide additional resources and intervention eligible for FAP programs and services for themselves and their Families.
- Child and spouse abuse case management services
- New Parents Support - Home-Visitor
Additional Information:
For more information, please visit the Family Advocacy Programs webpage on the MyArmyOneSource website maintained by the Army Community Services:
Document Review Date: 10 February 2012