MILITARY AND FAMILY READINESS

Military and Family Readiness is a network of programs and services operated by the Defense Department and other federal, state, and community-based agencies and organizations. The Military Family Readiness System promotes military family well-being by offering programs and services that enhance family readiness, resilience and quality of life. Collaboration and integration across the system promotes positive outcomes for service members and their families across the domains of military family readiness, including career, social, financial, health and community engagement.

The Military Family Readiness System supports every service member and family member, regardless of activation status or location, in person, by phone and online. To locate your nearest center, please go to the Military and Family Center Locator.

For more information on services we provide, please select from one of the buttons below.  

Military and Family Readiness Services

Family Support

Child and Youth Programs The Department of the Air Force Child and Youth Programs assist military and civilian personnel in balancing the competing demands of the mission and family life by catering programs and services for eligible children and youth from birth through 18 years of age.

Spouse State Licensure Moving across state lines creates barriers to career longevity, and those obstacles are heightened by state and career-specific professional license regulations. Licensure portability refers to the ability to transfer a professional license from one state or U.S. jurisdiction to another so that a professional can continue their occupation after relocation.

Spouse Employment Fact Sheet Accelerating the development of interstate compacts to support professional license reciprocity for Military Spouses. 

Commissary Fact Sheet We are changing the commissary funding model to ensure the Defense Commissary Agency can provide the greatest savings possible to patrons. This action cuts grocery prices at the register to achieve at least 25% savings for commissary patrons.

Moving Fact Sheet The Military OneSource PCS & Military Moves page connects service members and their families to everything they need to master PCS moves, from making a move request to getting support for all areas of their move. 

Dislocation Allowance Fact Sheet Dislocation Allowance is a single payment intended to cover the cost service members incur when relocating their household for a PCS move. 

Expanded Military Parental Leave The Expanded Military Parental Leave Program builds on the Defense Department’s support of military families by streamlining and enhancing parental leave.

MILITARY AND FAMILY NEWS

  • Family Advocacy hosts Kid's On Wheels Parade

    A military child stands in front of a banner for Family Advocacy on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 27, 2019. Every year, Family Advocacy hosts a Kid’s on Wheels Parade for child abuse prevention month awareness to engage the joint base community and bring awareness to child

  • ISRW scavenger hunt promotes resiliency

    Arriving to a new base may create challenges for Airmen trying to find different agencies on base whose locations are important because of the valuable resources they provide.

  • Giving back to the military child: Family Fest 2019

    More than 2,000 people attended Family Fest 2019 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, April 27, 2019.Family Fest attendees had the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities such as games, a petting zoo, Easter egg hunts, flower potting and many others. Over 50 Airmen and civilians

  • Weston Brothers deployed to ADAB

    AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates – The Air Force asks a lot of families, including relocating through their years of service.Brothers, Garrett and Cameron Weston, may have been separated by their service, but the staff sergeants were brought back together at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, then

  • Team Creech observes SAAPM 2019

    Tech. Sgt. Janai, 799th Air Base Squadron personnelist, participates in a “Chalk The Walk” event to raise awareness of sexual assault and child abuse at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, April 23, 2019. More than 150 Airmen attended the event, which included a barbecue and information booths manned by

  • Fighting my way back

    Growing up in New York, I never made the gym a top priority because distractions and fun quickly stole my attention. As a city boy from Brooklyn, I took advantage of everything my home had to offer, including local restaurants, speak-easies and rooftop lounges.I spent 25 years enjoying eating and

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