Webinar Resources | Supporting Military Couples Through Employment and Financial Transitions
OneOp Resources
- Blog Post | How Does Spouse Employment Contribute to Financial Readiness? https://oneop.org/2024/08/16/how-does-spouse-employment-contribute-to-financial-readiness/
- Blog Post | Why Everyone’s Talking About SOFAs (And No, Not the Furniture Kind) https://oneop.org/2025/05/14/why-everyones-talking-about-sofas-and-no-not-the-furniture-kind/
- Blog Post | Military couples and money https://oneop.org/2025/03/11/military-couples-and-money/
- Blog Post | Divorce in the Ranks: Supporting Military Spouses Navigating Divorce https://oneop.org/2025/01/08/divorce-in-the-ranks-supporting-military-spouses-navigating-divorce/
- Webinar | Balancing Military Spouse Employment with Family Economic Well-Being https://oneop.org/learn/160050/
External Resources
- 2024 Active-Duty Spouse Survey: https://download.militaryonesource.mil/12038/MOS/Infographic/2024-the-military-spouse-at-a-glance-infographic.pdf
- Blog Brigade | Military One Source: https://blog-brigade.militaryonesource.mil/
- Building Healthy Relationships | Military One Source: https://www.militaryonesource.mil/benefits/building-healthy-relationships/
- Entrepreneur EDGE Assessment | Military One Source: https://myseco.militaryonesource.mil/portal/article/build-entrepreneurial-skills
- Military Installations | Military One Source: https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/
- Relationship Resource Tool | Military One Source: https://www.militaryonesource.mil/resources/tools/relationship-resource-tool/
- Continuation Pay | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/continuation-pay-touchpoint/
- Dependent Care FSA for Military Families and Spouses | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/dependent-care-fsa-for-military-families-and-spouses/
- Divorce | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/divorce-touchpoint/
- Family Supplemental Subsistence Allowance | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/family-subsistence-supplemental-allowance/
- Financial Calculators | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/financial-calculators/
- MilTax Filing | MilSpouse Money Mission: https://finred.usalearning.gov/
- Money Ready | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/your-money/
- New Child | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/new-child-touchpoint/
- New Military Spouse | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/new-military-spouses-marriage-touchpoint/
- PCS | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/military-lifecycle-permanent-change-of-station-pcs/
- Post-Deployment | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/military-lifecycle-post-deployment-touchpoint/
- Pre-Deployment | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/military-lifecycle-pre-deployment-touchpoint/
- Spouse Employment | MilSpouse Money Mission https://www.milspousemoneymission.org/spouse-employment-touchpoint/
- Military Spouse Income Taxation Under SCRA Timeline of Changes | Office of Military Compensation and Financial Readiness https://finred.usalearning.gov/assets/downloads/SCRA-Timeline-of-Changes-FINAL.pdf
- FAQs on Return to In-Person Work Implementation Questions | Office of Personnel Management https://www.opm.gov/telework/faqs-on-return-to-in-person-work-implementation-questions.pdf
- Job Search Platform | Office of Personnel Management https://www.opm.gov/
- Federal Jobs for Spouses | SECO https://myseco.militaryonesource.mil/portal/article/federal-government-jobs
- Federal License Portability Provision | SECO https://myseco.militaryonesource.mil/portal/article/federal-license-portability-provision
- Licensure Reimbursement | SECO https://myseco.militaryonesource.mil/portal/article/licensure-reimbursement-pcs-moves
- Program Overview [PDF] | SECO https://download.militaryonesource.mil/seco/Media/Default/Collaterals_Catalog/Program_Overview/What-is-SECO.pdf
- Spouse Education & Career Guidance, Military Spouse Employment Partnership, MyCAA Scholarship | SECO https://myseco.militaryonesource.mil/portal/article/about-spouse-education-career-opportunities
- Spouse Resources | SECO https://myseco.militaryonesource.mil/portal/
- SCORE | https://www.score.org/
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