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FAMILY LIFE


      The family member’s needs are then taken into consideration in the   Deployment Support, Exceptional Family Member assistance (EFMP),
      military personnel assignment process. Soldiers are responsible for   Family Employment Readiness, Family Advocacy Program, Sexual
      keeping their EFMP enrollment updated as the exceptional family   Assault Prevention & Response, Personal Financial Management, Life
      member’s condition changes, or every three years, whichever   Skills Education, Relocation Assistance, New Parent Support, and
      comes first. The EFMP program can also assist eligible family   Information and Referral , as well as various resources (loan locker),
      members of retired Soldiers, Department of the Army civilians,   are some services available at the FFSC.
      Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers.
                                                             Airman & Family Readiness Center
      Community Information Program                          830 Chisholm Avenue
                                                             301-677-4136/4138
      The Community Information Program provides commanders, service
      members and families with comprehensive information regarding   https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/military-installation/
      military and civilian community resources.             fort-george-g-meade/military-and-family-support-center/
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      Hearts Apart Deployment Support Group
                                                             The  Airman  &  Family  Readiness  Center  is  in  the  Community
      The Hearts Apart Deployment Support Group provides support to   Readiness Center. Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from
      families who have loved ones serving away from home.   7:30a.m. – 4:00p.m., this resource provides a bridge for Air Force
                                                             service members and their families to access programs and services
      The group meets monthly and has members from all military   that strengthen communities, increase mission readiness, promote
      branches as well as DoD civilians. The group also runs a “Hand-  self-sufficiency and help them adapt to the Air Force way of life.
      in-Hand” program, a deployment support group that travels to
      area schools to support children whose parents are deployed.   It is also a point of contact for family services offered throughout
      Community members are invited to connect with other families   all support agencies at Fort Meade and within the National Capital
      while learning about managing separation.              Region, as well as Air Force-specific programs for active duty
                                                             and family members, including permanent change of station,
      Survivor Outreach Services (SOS) demonstrates the Army’s   deployment, temporary duty and Key Spouse programs and the
      commitment to the families of fallen soldiers by providing support   Right Start program.
      services. Financial counselors provide assistance to surviving
      families through investment and estate planning education and   United Service Organization (USO)
      counseling. The SOS support coordinator functions as long-term   8612 6th Armored Cavalry Road
      support for survivors by facilitating support groups, providing life   410-305-0660
      skills education and connecting survivors with valuable resources.  www.usometro.org
      Military and Family Life Counselor                     The United Service Organization (USO) is a private, non-profit

      The Military and Family Life Counselor supports senior commanders   organization that supports troops by providing morale, welfare
      and works directly with Army Community Service, Child and Youth   and recreation-type services to men and women in uniform. It
      Services, National Guard Headquarters and Reserve Regional   was chartered by Congress to represent the American people by
      Command to provide deployment and reintegration support to   bringing a touch of home life to the military. The USO currently
      Soldiers and their families. The family life counselor provides short-  operates more than 130 centers worldwide, including 10 mobile
      term problem solving, non-medical counseling services to cope   canteens in the continental U.S. and overseas. Overseas centers are
      with the military lifestyle.                           in Germany, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Qatar, Korea,
                                                             Guam and Kuwait. Service members and their families visit USO
      Fleet and Family Support Center                        centers more than 5.3 million times each year.
      306 Sentinel Drive, Suite 350,
      Annapolis Junction, MD 20701                           Work/Life Services
      301-677-9014/17/18                                     9800 Savage Road
      Email: cwg6_staff_ffsc@us.navy.mil                     301-688-1697
      https://www.navifor.usff.navy.mil/Organization/Operational-
      Support/CWG-6/Organization/Fleet-and-Family-Support-Center/  Open Monday – Friday, 8:00a.m. – 4:00p.m., Work/Life Services
                                                             provides a wide array of award-winning programs, resources,
      The Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) offers an array of classes,   referrals and consultation designed to address quality-of-
      programs and resources for not only Sailors and their families, but   life issues for employees on the National Security Agency
      for all military and DOD ID card holders. The services offered help   compound so that they may better balance the demands of
      promote mission and family readiness and resiliency, and provide an   work and home. They are committed to people and to creating
      outlet to stay well informed about the local community and military   the best possible workplace—an environment not only modern,
      lifestyle. Clinical Counseling, Transition Assistance Program (TAP),   but focused on people.


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