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FAMILY LIFE

service members that provides comprehensive and coordinated Email: cwg6_staff_ffsc@us.navy.mil
community support, housing, educational, medical and personnel https://www.navifor.usff.navy.mil/Organization/Operational-
services for those military families with special needs. Support/CWG-6/Organization/Fleet-and-Family-Support-Center/
Soldiers on active duty enroll in the program when a family member The Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) offers an array of classes,
has a physical, emotional, developmental or intellectual condition that programs and resources for not only Sailors and their families, but
requires specialized services. The Army defines an exceptional family for all military and DOD ID card holders. The services offered help
member as any family member, regardless of age, who has a disability promote mission and family readiness and resiliency, and provide an
that limits that individual’s ability to function daily, and requires outlet to stay well informed about the local community and military
ongoing counseling, training, education, therapy or treatment. lifestyle. Clinical Counseling, Transition Assistance Program (TAP),
Deployment Support, Exceptional Family Member assistance (EFMP),
The family member’s needs are then taken into consideration in the Family Employment Readiness, Family Advocacy Program, Sexual
military personnel assignment process. Soldiers are responsible for Assault Prevention & Response, Personal Financial Management, Life
keeping their EFMP enrollment updated as the exceptional family Skills Education, Relocation Assistance, New Parent Support, and
member’s condition changes, or every three years, whichever Information and Referral , as well as various resources (loan locker),
comes first. The EFMP program can also assist eligible family are some services available at the FFSC.
members of retired Soldiers, Department of the Army civilians,
Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers. Military & Family Readiness Center

Community Information Program 830 Chisholm Avenue
301-677-4136/4138
The Community Information Program provides commanders, service https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/military-installation/
members and families with comprehensive information regarding fort-george-g-meade/military-and-family-support-center/
military and civilian community resources. military-and-family-support-center

Hearts Apart Deployment Support Group The Military & Family Readiness Center is in the Community
Readiness Center. Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from
The Hearts Apart Deployment Support Group provides support to 7:30a.m. – 4:00p.m., this resource provides a bridge for Air Force
families who have loved ones serving away from home.
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 It is also a point of contact for family services offered throughout
area schools to support children whose parents are deployed. all support agencies at Fort Meade and within the National Capital
Community members are invited to connect with other families Region, as well as Air Force-specific programs for active duty
while learning about managing separation.
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
organization that supports troops by providing morale, welfare
The Military and Family Life Counselor supports senior commanders and recreation-type services to men and women in uniform. It
and works directly with Army Community Service, Child and Youth was chartered by Congress to represent the American people by
Services, National Guard Headquarters and Reserve Regional bringing a touch of home life to the military. The USO currently
Command to provide deployment and reintegration support to operates more than 130 centers worldwide, including 10 mobile
Soldiers and their families. The family life counselor provides short- canteens in the continental U.S. and overseas. Overseas centers are
term problem solving, non-medical counseling services to cope in Germany, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Qatar, Korea,
with the military lifestyle. Guam and Kuwait. Service members and their families visit USO
centers more than 5.3 million times each year.
Fleet and Family Support Center
306 Sentinel Drive, Suite 350, Work/Life Services (NSA)
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701 9800 Savage Road
301-677-9014/17/18 301-688-1697

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