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Service Member
& Family
Support LTC Bryan JacobsonDirector, Service Member & Family [email protected] Family Assistance 800-658-3930
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AGENDAAGENDA
• What we’ve learned• Service Member & Family Support
– Mission and Vision– Who we are and what we do
• How WE can help YOU• How WE can work TOGETHER• Q & A
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“The #1 priority is to take care our Soldiers and Airmen and their
families.”
MG Tim ReischAdjutant General, SDNG
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What we’ve learned from the Global War on Terror
Dr. Bill Meirose, MS. Ed., EdD.
Doctoral Thesis: “Community involvement in recognizing PTSD in South Dakota National Guard Soldiers”
605-737-6669
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Rand Study in December of 2008 found that families experience emotional cycles that mirror the deployment cycles.
A. Pre-Deployment• Heightened anticipation of loss• Denial that Service Member is leaving
B. Deployment• “Shock and awe” phase when Service Member departs
• Adjustment to life without Service Member
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C. Sustainment Phase• Children react based on age of development• Increased stress on adult caregiver
D. Re-Deployment Phase• Mixed emotions as preparing for return of deployed
Service Member
E. Post-Deployment Phase • Stress caused as a result of the necessary
adjustments and changes in routines
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OUR MISSION
Service Member & Family Support enhances and empowers the lives of our customers with
consistently exceptional service & support.
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Inform
ServeEducate
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OUR VISION
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To be the most effective Service Member and Family Support in the National Guard
Community partnershipsMultiple points-of-access
Essential resource to commandersEffective communication
A rewarding place to work
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Family Assistance
Family Readiness
Child/Youth
DeploymentCycle
Support
Military Funeral Honors
Joint Family
Programs
Survivor Services
TransitionAssistance
Joining Community
Forces
ResilienceTraining
Suicide Prevention
EmployerSupport
of the Guardand Reserve
(ESGR)
Employment Initiative Program
Family Programs
CommunityPartnerships
Resilience & Suicide
Prevention
Employer Support
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Airman and Family ProgramsAirman and Family Programs
• Purpose is to enhance the military mission by establishing a support network of:• Information• Resources• Benefits
• Assist Service Members and families during mobilizations and deployments.
• Airman and Family Program Manager• Nikki Wajer – 605-988-5962• Located on Joe Foss Field (Sioux Falls)
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Family Assistance800-658-3930
Family Assistance800-658-3930
• Provide help to all military families during times of peace and long or short-term deployments.
• The Family Assistance Center provides Six Essential Services.1. Crisis Intervention and Referral2. Legal Resource and Referral3. Financial Resource and Referral4. TRICARE Resource and Referral5. ID Cards and DEERS (Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System)
6. Community Information and Outreach
Family Assistance Center (East River)• Brookings – Kim Chase (605-696-5416)
• Watertown – Corinne Mahlen (605-415-0010)• Sioux Falls – Rachel VanderZee (605-988-5972
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Joint Family Support Assistance Program (JFSAP)
Joint Family Support Assistance Program (JFSAP)
• DoD resources augment National Guard programs with specialty skills, programming or short-term needs
• JFSAP Team members: • Military Family Life Consultants (MFLC) • Military One Source (MOS)• Community Partners:
• Operation Military Kids• American Red Cross
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Military Family Life ConsultantsMilitary Family Life Consultants• Provide non-medical, short term, problem solving counseling services
associated with military life:– Relationships - Grief and loss – Family issues - Anger management– Stress and anxiety - Parent/child communication– Depression
• FREE and CONFIDENTIAL – no records, no link to unit command• 12 prepaid, face-to-face counseling sessions per issue
• MFLCs are licensed clinicians in Social Work, Counseling or a related clinical discipline
MFLC (West, NE, SE)• WEST (Rapid City) – Renee Oler (605-393-5953)
• SE (Brookings) – Michelle Ruesink (605-251-1582)• NE (Webster) – Amy LaBay (605-660-5636) 17
Military One SourceMilitary One Source– Military One Source – http://www.militaryonesource.com
or call - 800-342-9647
• On-line resource library of newsletters, articles, and worksheets• Resource finder - locate child care, summer camps, mechanics, etc.• Financial Information and Income Tax Services• Counseling
• 12 confidential private in-person, telephonic or online counseling sessions in your local area
• Can utilize this service more than once for different issues• CONFIDENTIAL and NO COST
POC: Todd Otterberg (605-737-6292) 18
Director of Psychological HealthDirector of Psychological Health• Assessment, referral, and case management services• Provide consultation and training to unit command• Supervised by Medical Command• Build community capacity and training, briefings, etc.• Suicide prevention and crisis intervention• Link to unit command, if appropriate/authorized• Licensed clinicians in Social Work, Counseling or a related
clinical discipline
Army National GuardTeresa Hendrickson (605-786-2922)
Air National GuardChar Skovlund (605-413-0768)
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Transition Assistance AdvisorTransition Assistance Advisor• Assist Service Members, Veterans and Family
Members in accessing benefits and services
• Provide outreach to veterans of other service branches • Advocate and coordinate for entitlements through:
• TRICARE Military Health System• VA• Veteran Service Organizations• Community resources
Dr. Bill Meirose (605-737-6669) 20
Suicide PreventionSuicide Prevention
• Suicide Prevention Training – Annual requirement• ACE – Ask, Care, Escort curriculum
• SIO – Suicide Intervention Officers in every unit
• ASIST – Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
• ASIST T4T – Train-the-trainer @ 4 in SDNG
• Suicide Awareness Month / Stand-down - September
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Yellow Ribbon Reintegration ProgramYellow Ribbon Reintegration Program• Provide information on current benefits and resources
available to help face the challenges of deployment.
• Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program is congressionally mandated (2008).
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– Events are held before, during, and after deployments.
– Attendance by Service Members is mandatory.– Service Members are encouraged to bring their
families.– Weekend Event – child care / youth activities,
lodging, meals, etc.
How WE can help You…• Referral or resource
– “Military friendly” resource for a client
• Information and education– Answer a question (e.g., Tricare, military culture, etc.)– Presentation or perspective
• Military Family Life Consultant• Military One Source• Transition Assistance Advisor to speak
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How WE can work TOGETHER…
• Collaborative effort!
• You are CRITICAL to filling the gaps!
• Expand our ability to help Service Members, Veterans, and Families.
• Get enrolled in 2-1-1 system
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How WE can work TOGETHER…
Family Member calls Family Assistance
Family Assistance refers Family Member
to Military Family Life
Consultant
MFLC refers Family Member to a
community provider – You!
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IN SUMMARYIN SUMMARY
• The nearly 4,500 members of SDNG stand ready to
leave the comforts of home and family to help their
friends and neighbors, defend their nation’s interests and
bring peace and hope to people throughout the world….
• We in SMFS are here to help our Service Members,
Airmen and their families! It’s why we exist…
• We invite you to help us help them! 39
Service Member &
Family Support
QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?
LTC Bryan JacobsonDirector, Service Member & Family [email protected] Family Assistance 800-658-3930 40