Family members and civilians are as much a part of the Total Force as our active duty and reservists. The Air Force Office of Integrated Resilience is dedicated to Optimizing Airmen Performance to increase readiness and lethality. We will continue to collaborate across industry and academia to find and implement the best ways forward in understanding, assessing and maintaining all Airmen and their families. The goal can only be achieved by promoting dignity and respect, and fostering the fitness and performance of units, organizations, families and communities within the Total Force.
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE Fla. --
Airmen and 96th Medical Group members just received an abundance of personal protective equipment thanks to the Eglin Spouses Club.
Approximately 700 face masks and 300 face shields were donated to Team Eglin members in April. The second delivery of 253 items of PPE April 17 far surpassed the ESC’s initial April 10 donation of 47 masks and 14 shields. The deliveries will continue in the coming weeks.
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Compassionate Friends
Provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family http://www.compassionatefriends.org/home.aspx
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families
Provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families grieving a death can share their experiences. Provides support and training locally, nationally, and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief. http://www.dougy.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
NAMI, is dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research and is steadfast in its commitment to raising awareness and building a community of hope for all of those in need. http://www.nami.org/
Parents of Suicide
A mailing list provides that provides a supportive environment for parents whose children have died of suicide. It is intended to provide a place where parents can discuss the lives and deaths of their children with other parents whose children have died by suicide. http://www.parentsofsuicide.com/parents.html
SiblingSurvivors.com
Share stories of surviving sibling suicide and continue supporting the need for open dialog and community amongst those affected by the loss of a sibling. http://www.siblingsurvivors.com
Suicide: Finding Hope
http://www.suicidefindinghope.com/home
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
TAPS provides immediate and long-term emotional help, hope, and healing to all who are grieving the death of a loved one in military service to America. TAPS meets its mission by providing peer-based emotional support, grief and trauma resources, casework assistance, and connections to community-based care. http://www.taps.org/
Military and family life counselors offer short-term, non-medical counseling for life issues. MLFC services are also available to retirees, up to six months after retirement. “The military is a culture where people feel they have to be tough enough to handle anything, internalize their issues and keep going,” said Renata Chambers, one of three MFLCs here. “Many service members and families don’t always know how to deal with problems that may arise.”
Among the many challenges patrons often face are: reintegrating into family life or with a partner after a deployment, permanent changes of station, communication and stress management, Chambers said.
New EAP Number
https://www.afpc.af.mil/Benefits-and-Entitlements/Airman-and-Family-Readiness/
https://www.afpc.af.mil/Benefits-and-Entitlements/Air-Force-Families-Forever/
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