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Military Service and Family Life
Support military families as they navigate the unique opportunities and challenges connected to military service.
Upcoming Programming
Feeding Minds, Fueling Futures through the Child and Adult Care Food Program
January 29, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) combats hunger and brings healthy foods to tables across the country for children in childcare and afterschool programs as well as adults in day care. The...
Learning Library
Maximizing the Use of 529 Plans for Military Families
October 15 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
529 plans can be a savings tool for more than just college expenses; they can be used for K-12 tuition payments, to repay student loans, and to purchase computers or other related educational expenses...
Flexible Spending Accounts: A Tax-Advantaged Way to Pay for Expenses
September 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
This webinar delves into how Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) can support service members and their families in paying for dependent care expenses. The webinar provides an overview of how to enroll a...
Medicaid’s Role in Military Family Well-Being & Economic Security
August 14 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
This webinar will explore Medicaid’s role in contributing to the well-being and economic security of military families. For some military families, Medicaid provides additional support not otherwise...
Recent Blogs
Written by: Abby Keeler, BS and Kayla Reed-Fitzke, PhD, LMFTIn Part I and Part II of a blog series discussing the 2024 Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Report, we reviewed the importance of why recruiting and hiring military spouses is important and how organizations can help in recruitment. In…
This blog is the second edition in the Military Spouse Talent Show Spotlight series. It provides insights and strategies for recruiting and hiring military spouses, drawing from the findings of the SHRM 2024 report.
Military spouses, a skilled and often-overlooked talent pool are there in plain sight. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently published a report geared towards helping employers realize the potential that military spouses hold and what organizations can do to help in the employment of military spouses.
Frequent relocations mean that military families make housing decisions more frequently than their civilian counterparts. Finding affordable and available housing can be challenging for families as they navigate a long list of “to-do’s” in their transition preparations (packing, enrolling in school, identifying new care providers, etc.).
