A WORK IN PROGRESS
THE FOLLOWING LINKS ARE FOR YOUR USE IN FINDING ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES HELPING MILITARY MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE DEPLOYMENT CYCLES; AND MEMBERS' FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
THE LINKS ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
Alcoholics Anonymous
a DOD clearing house of non-profit groups who provide support services and volunteer opportunities. You can search by state or by topic.
www.bgca.orgBoys and Girls Club....offers a year free membership
dues paid to military families
www.CinCHouse.coma military spouse and family support site, good info,
good programs, national support organization.
a local, Ohio organization with a memorial wall for Delhi Veterans.
provides information about deployment support
Department of Labor's unemployment and re-employment programs for veterans
Alliance of Eating Disorders Awareness
military mentoring and spouse support organization
.... A military spouse cartoonist, who takes a lighter look at deployment and pcs issues. Authorizes Family Readiness Groups to use her art in their newsletters free of charge.
www.lifelines.navy.mil/FamilylineNaval Services Family Line has books that commands and ombudsmen can order by the case to send or give to families about deployment, disaster prep, IA family handbook etc...Also provides a page where family readiness groups can advertise their programs and free email addresses
www.militarychild.orgThe official Department of Defense website for reliable Quality of Life information designed to help troops and their families, leaders and service providers.
www.militarysaves.orgA military spouse support website and magazine....offers free email addresses to military spouses.
www.naccrra.orgmilitaryprograms National Association of Childcare Resource and Referral Agencies.
www.nmfa.orgNational Military Family Association. Support services for military families and Purple Camp for kids
www.nrt-caring.orgThe National Restoration to Military Families Team empowering communities to support service members and their families through the deployment cycles including community conferences and workshop on developing Service Members/Veterans and Family Friendly Communities [SMVF]; Considering Suicide? - Signs, Symptoms, and Suggested Solutions: You Do Have Other Choices; LIVING LIFE ON PURPOSE: Building Spiritual, Relational, and Financial Self-Esteem; Good Grieving/Goodbye Mourning: Grief Management; Re-entering Society and Re-uniting with Family;, Domestic Violence - Signs, Symptoms, and Suggested Solutions: GETTING READY TO MEET THE NEW, VIOLENT-FREE, YOU; and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] - Signs, Symptoms, and Suggested Solutions. 1.937.220.CARE
OHIOCARES - a collaboration of state and local agencies supporting the behavioral health of returning OIF/OEF veterans and their families. 1.800.761.0868
provides suggestions and guidance on military care packages and other support programs
SAVE - Suicide Awareness Hotline - 1.800.273.8255
a military spouse blog site
Vet Center