Resources to Assist Military Families

• ACT Now Education Organization
• Army Reserve Family Programs
• Armed Services YMCA
• Blue Star Families mission is to Support. Connect. Empower. - for military families by military families
• Build a Sign provides one free sign to welcome your hero home. You only pay for shipping
• Find care and services for your children, adults, pets and for your home using care.com
• The Comfort Crew for Military Kids helps with support for the social and emotional resiliency of military kids
• Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress has resources and articles for military families
• Fisher House Foundation provides housing when you have a service member hospitalized for injury, illness or disease
• American Gold Star Mothers Inc. is an organization of mothers who have lost a son or daughter in the service of our country
• Gold Star Wives of America Inc. provides support for widows/ widowers of service members who died on active duty
• The American Legion is the nation's largest veterans service organization, committed to mentoring youth
• Love and Logic has resources for parenting/raising responsible children
• Screening for Mental Health is a resource for mental health tools
• Military's Interstate Children's Compact Commission includes the Interstate Compact
• Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) Resources for military families
• National Military Family Association provides free camps for children in military families
• Military Impacted Schools Association serves school districts with a high concentration of military children
• Military Officers Association of America provides financial assistance for students who are children of former, current or retired military
• National Resource Directory connects Service members, veterans, and their families with support
• Clarity Child Guidance Center strives to educate the community, parents, professionals, and leaders about mental illness
• Operation Military Kids provides support for children and youth impacted by deployment
• Operation We are Here has resources for military families
• Our Military Kids provides grants for the children of National Guard/Military Reserve who are currently deployed
• American Red Cross provides emergency aid and support for military families
• Sitter City Military Program provides child care programs for military families
• Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
• Tutor.com has online tutoring and homework help
• United Through Reading helps parents record reading books online/via video/tape recorder to be sent to their child
• USO Transition 360 Alliance is an initiative to help U.S. Military personnel and their families transition back into civilian life after service ends
• The Trevor Romain Company has DVDs and curriculum for military families