Operation: Military Kids national website
Military HOMEFRONT is the official Department of Defense web site for reliable quality of life information designed
to help troops and their families, leaders and service providers. Whether you live the military lifestyle or support those
who do, you'll find what you need!
National Military Family Association educates military families concerning their rights, benefits and services
available to them and to inform them regarding the issues that affect their lives and promotes and protects the interests
of military families by influencing the development and implementation of legislation and policies affecting them.
Strengthening relationships between dads and kids
Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Program has developed partnerships with both the Army and Air Force
to support youth and family programs on installations around the world. With the support of 4-H extension professionals,
military staff provide strong educational programs so that military men and women can pursue their critical, high risk
assignments knowing that their children are in safe and nurturing environments.
United Through Reading, an underway quality-of-life program for military families, helps keep parents and children
connected while separated during long deployments, through the medium of reading aloud on videotape. This
program can be utilized by all deployed personnel as they may choose to read aloud to a younger brother or sister,
grandchild, or even a child they are mentoring.
Healthy Parenting Initiative is a collection of creative materials designed to take advantage of “teachable moments”
and to inform parents about topics related to parenting in the context of deployment, relocation, and dangerous work,
as well as general parenting information. Located through the Military Homefront website.
Helping children cope with disaster Facts for families from the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry
Families in the Military Facts for families from the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry
Site to support the military child in transition and deployment
Emergency Mental Health and Traumatic Stress, Disaster Mental Health Programs
(Offered through SAMHSA’S National Mental Health Information Center)
Download publications like How Families Can Help Children Cope with Fear and Anxiety,
A Guide for Parents and Teachers, and Age-Specific Interventions at Home for Children
in Trauma: From Preschool to Adolescence.
Military Onesource This site is for all branches of the service. To talk to a military onesource consultant for assistance
with issues related to emotional well-being, you can call 1-800-243-9647. This service is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
National Guard Bureau Family Support
Whether you are a military child, parents, leader or educator, Military Student is a site containing an abundance of
information, tools and resources to help meet your unique needs.
Office of Reserve Affairs
Online community for children and youth of the National Guard
Deployment Connections- Deployment of Defense Joint Readiness for service members, families, parents, spouses, and children.
Whether you are a military child, parents, leader or educator, the Military Family Network contains an abundance of nformation, tools and
resources to help meet your unique needs. Works with community organizations, local governments and businesses networking them together, to support the families of our armed services.
A Department of Defense site for teenagers in military families with information and military life and military moves.
Order free “Talk, Listen, Connect” Elmo video
Click on view programming, click on Recon under channels, click on “I serve too” Excellent piece for parents & educators
Research on Military Families http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/mfri/
Birth to Three information http://www.zerotothree.org/military/
Family support during deployment http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/deploy/family/family_support.shtml
Parenting Journal http://www.parentsjournal.com/index.html
Hooah 4 Health http://www.hooah4health.com/
http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200701/pdf/BTJAllen.pdf
http://www.aap.org/sections/unifserv/deployment/index.html
http://www.thanksusa.org/main/index.html - scholarships for military kids
http://www.aap.org/sections/unifserv/deployment/index.html - American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.armystudyguide.com/militarybaby/index.shtml - infants
Uncle Sam's Kids - When Duty Calls by Angela Sportelli-Rehak - Shows parents and caregivers how to address
the distinct stages of deployment such as worry, anger, detachment, sadness, recovery and anticipation of homecoming
by using fun coping techniques, listening and normalizing common concerns, involvement in some decisions,
discovering strength in family and community while promoting patriotism.
Surviving Deployment: A Guide for Military Families by Karen Pavlicin – Talks about how to stay together as
a family, how to adjust to long absences and uncertain communications, how to overcome the challenges of
single-family parenting and new responsibilities, and how to manage financially through a blend of personal stores
from hundreds of fellow military families and checklists.
Rock Island Arsenal Morale Welfare Recreation (MWR)
132nd Fighter Wing's (Air National Guard) website includes information on Family Readiness. Information on issues with
deployment, reunion, family readiness checklists,
and how to get involved with the family program are covered with multiple resources.
http://www.per.hqusareur.army.mil/usareur_blue_box/resources.htm
