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Strengthening Military Families
Operation Family Support seeks to strengthen military families by coordinating services, educating the community on their needs and providing individualized supports to ensure the safety and well-being of the families who serve our country.
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A Call to Action
Operation Family Support started in the spring of 2007 when two colleagues began chatting about the challenges one of them was having due to her husband being deployed to Afghanistan. As a result, she was single parenting, working full time, and trying to handle family life which used to be shared by two. These conversations led to a community Call to Action answered by the Child Crisis Center and more than a dozen collaborating agencies and concerned individuals statewide.
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Military families have unique needs
The work of Operation Family Support (OFS) in the community has two goals that will be met by training and engaging others:
1. Educate the community to increase awareness, sensitivity to and knowledge of the unique needs of military families.
2. Engage the community in building a full continuum network which addresses the needs of military families on an individual, community, and systemic level.
If you or your organization would like to collaborate with the FRC on any military family support efforts, please contact Carol Lopinski at 480.834.9424.
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Tools & Resources for Military Families
The Child Crisis Center and its collaborators are working to accomplish the following goals in order to improve the lives of the families of our service men and women:
1. Provide military families the tools and resources to enhance their resiliency and strengthen their coping strategies to manage the unique stressors of everyday life
2. Engage & strengthen the voice of military families in individual, community and systemic change.
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Call 480.834.9424 or click here for more information.
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The impact of grief, loss and trauma on Military children and youth
Training Topics include:
- Types of childhood loss
- Military childhood loss
- Developmental responses to grief in children
- Developmental coping techniques
When: Friday April 8, 2011
Time: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Where: Family Resource Center
817 N. Country Club Dr.
Mesa, AZ 85201
Cost: $10 non-refundable fee (includes lunch, materials, and certificate of completion
For information please click here.
To register please click here.
Questions?
For more information please contact
Laura Jones
at 480.834.9424 or
laura.jones@childcrisis.org
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