There is no doubt that deployment can have a significant impact on a military family’s finances. Part one of this series focused on helping military families prepare finances for deployment.

The stressful challenges of financial management and balanced budgeting faced by military families can be exacerbated by deployment if they are not handled properly. Personal Finance Managers (PFMs) can assist military families in preparing financially for deployment.

  by Sara Croymans, MEd, AFC Nearly every  transition in one’s life is marked by a ritual:  Religious ceremonies of baptisms, weddings, or funerals.  ‘Coming of age’ rituals such as a bar/bat mitzvah or a quinceañera to recognize a significant time in a young person’s life.  Holidays like Halloween with…

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During the virtual 2021 AFCPE Symposium, there were a number of sessions designed for practitioners who provide financial education and counseling programs for service members and their families.

Military couples are very resilient and roll with the changes. They face many challenges that civilian couples rarely deal with, like multiple moves, deployments, and various other transitions. Challenges might also take the form of physical injury or invisible wounds of war, like traumatic brain injury, and PTSD. Sometimes spouses and children must take on caregiver roles as well.