Military & Family Readiness

Employment Assistance supports eligible family members and transitioning military members, retired members, and (DoD) civilians in achieving short and long-term employment, education/training, and career goals.

M&FRC provides employment skills counseling to prepare for careers in the private and public sectors, offering local labor market information, employment trend tracking, skills and interests identification, skills development workshops, job search assistance, alternatives to paid employment, networks for employment contacts, and other on-and off-base resources.

Information and programs are available on:

• Resume Writing
• Job Search Techniques
• Federal Employment
• Interview Skills
• Spouse Employment

Readiness provides information and programs on:

• Family/Personal Readiness
• Deployment and Mobilization Assistance
• Hurricane/Disaster Preparedness
• Reintegration/Repatriation
• Hearts Apart is a morale program for families when the member is deployed or TDY 30 days or more
• Information on Deployment – Click Here

The Air Force Families Forever mission is to provide resources, support and information to help families adapt to life without their loved ones. Air Force Families Forever takes a proactive approach in supporting families throughout the force, no matter where they are, with the level of support and assistance directly tied to the specific needs of the families.

Air Force Gold Star Airmen fall under the umbrella of the AFFF survivor support program but are further defined as Active Duty status or Active Duty for training status, who lost their life on or after 18 Sep 1947 while engaged in action against an enemy of the US; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; while serving with friendly forces engaged in an armed conflict in which the US is not a belligerent party against an opposing armed force; or after 28 March 1973, as a result of an international terrorist attack against the US or a foreign nation friendly to the US, recognized as such an attack by the Secretary of Defense; or military operations while serving outside the US (including the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the US) as part of a peacekeeping force.

GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMBER DEFINITION & ELIGIBILITY
GSFMs fall under the umbrella of the AFFF survivor support program and follow the IAW DoDI 1348.36 designation for Gold Star Lapel Pins, “…the widow (remarried or not); widower (remarried or not); each parent (mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother through adoption, father through adoption, and foster parents who stood in loco parentis); each child; each brother; each sister; each half-brother; each half-sister; each stepchild; and each adopted child of a Service member…”.

MFLCs are available to listen and help service members, spouses, family members, and children address the following non-medical stressors:

• Deployment/Reintegration
• Marriage and Relationships
• Parenting/Sibiling & Family Problems
• Communication Challenges
• Stress and Anxiety

Call 850.461.5989 to schedule an appointment.

Personal Financial Readiness offers information, education and personal financial counseling to help military members and their families maintain financial stability and reach their financial goals. Personal Financial Managers offer information and programs on:

• Investing Basics
• Budgeting
• Insurance
• Auto Buying
• Free Carfax
• Free Credit Score
• Debt Management
• Home Buying Basics

Relocation Assistance assists members and their dependents with:

• Sponsor Training (mandatory for all sponsors who have not completed the training in the past 12 months)
• Information and assistance to new arrivals
• Helpful internet resources including: Installation Information, Moving, and Sponsor Training