Military Families

Help & Information

• 8 Tips for Preparing for Deployment
• Children on the Homefront: The Experience of Children From Military Families
• Courage To Care : Helping Children Cope During Deployment
  This fact sheet contains useful information for parents and family caregivers to help children cope during a parents’ deployment.
• Goodbyes are Hard
  A Booklet about Military Separations for Six Through Eight Year Old Children.
• How to Prepare Our Children and Stay Involved in Their Education
• Military Families with Special Needs
• Persistent Fear and Anxiety Can Affect Young Children’s Learning and Development
• Preparing Your Marriage for a Military Deployment
• Psychosocial Effects of Deployment on Military Children
• Separations Happen
  A Booklet for 13, 14, & 15 Year Olds Whose Families are in the Military.
• Shadowed by War: Building Community Capacity to Support Military Families

Additional Resources & Links

• Operation Military Kids
  The U.S. Army's collaborative effort with America's communities to support children and youth impacted by deployment.
• Our Military Kids
  Provides tangible support to children of deployed National Guard and Reserve personnel as well as to children of severely injured service members through grants for enrichment activities and tutoring.
• Military One Source
  The Defense Department has established a "one stop" place to go whenever service members or family members need assistance with any kind of problem.
• Military Family Support
  Offers Food/Financial Assistance & More for Military Families.
• Help for Families of Soldiers
  Operation Once in a Lifetime was created to help Service Members and their families: all service members, for all causes. We believe if you serve, you qualify for help.
• National Military Family Association
  Provides resources and support to spouses and children of Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, NOAA and PHS.
• Military Family Support Centers, Inc.
  The Mission of the Military Family Support Centers, Inc. is to identify and meet needs of the families of the deployed service men and women of the Armed Forces.
• Iowa Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
  The Federation has a packet of informational articles specifically for military families.