Advancing Food Security for Military Families
Discover how you and other professionals can work together to expand food security for military families in your communities with this timely course.
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The Cooperative Extension System: A Force Multiplier for Military Readiness
The Cooperative Extension System is well-positioned to serve military families dispersed throughout the United States. Through the land-grant university system, military family service providers can be supported by the research-driven Cooperative Extension System to boost the work they do to support family well-being.
This course explores the history, accessibility, and programs of the Cooperative Extension System.
Field Guide to Family Advocacy: Knowledge, Resources, and Supports for Military Families of Children with Disabilities
The four-part asynchronous and interactive course focuses on the rights of young children with disabilities in military families, eligibility for special education programs and services for children with disabilities available within military systems, and strategies to support military families as they navigate these systems in military contexts.
Childhood Trauma: Understanding, Supporting, and Preventing
The interactive course includes four units that cover the prevalence and impact of trauma, the manifestation of trauma in young children, providing trauma-informed supports, and preventing future trauma. It is designed to be a high-level overview of the topic and a starting point for professionals working with young children and their families.
Supportive Programs and Benefits to Expand Food Security for Military Families
This webinar uncovers how various food security programs and benefits may intersect and align.
Free
Building Networks to Alleviate Food Insecurity
This workshop uses the Spectrum of Prevention framework to encourage participants to identify and view programs and services in their communities in ways that can support efforts to reduce food insecurity among military families.
Free
Hawaii’s Food Security Collaboration for Military Families
The Food Security Hawaii Working Group is an amazing cross-sector collaboration to address food security issues military families are facing, In this episode (Season 4, Episode 6), Bob Bertsch talks with Arletta Eldridge Thompson, Health Promotion Coordinator for the 15th Medical Group for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam; Lorna Souza with the Hawaii Air National Guard Airman and Family Readiness Program; and Kina Mahi, Director of Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships for the Hawaii Foodbank about the challenges families in Hawaii are dealing with and how people are collaborating to address them.
The How and Why of Estate Planning
About This Webinar Estate planning may be one of the most important and overlooked aspects of caregiving. When a proper estate plan is not in place, individuals and families may face a variety of issues affecting finance, housing, benefits, and services, among others. This webinar, designed for service providers and...
Free
Military Home Buying Basics and VA Loans
Prepare to support Service members as they consider their housing options by attending this webinar. Sharpen your military home buying basics including evaluating the household budget, reviewing a credit report, explaining how to qualify for a home loan, and understanding the VA home loan benefit.
Free
Improving Military Student Outcomes Through Effective Professional Collaboration
Military students are best supported when these collaborative relationships exist before there are challenges.
Free
SNAP and SNAP-Ed: Supporting Food and Nutrition Security in Your Community
This webinar discusses how SNAP and SNAP-Ed align with national food and nutrition security strategies.
Free
Making the Journey Towards Healthy Attachment
This session focuses on how attachment relationships are formed, how to promote a healthy attachment, and information on how to rebuild and assist families who experience separation.
Free
