Airman

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Airman Family Readiness Program

• Command Staff Briefing
• Nikki Wajer
• Airman Family Readiness Program Director

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Key Missions

• Our Mission
• Provide targeted Airmen and Family support and
  services, contributing to the mission readiness,
  resiliency, and well-being of the Air Force
  community.
• Communication
• The Right Information, the Right Way
• Involvement
• Volunteerism/Feeling a Part
• Support/Sponsorship
• At the Beginning of Service and In Times of Need
• Training
• Not Just on Guard Issues but on Life Issues

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Information/Referral Services

• Maintain knowledge of the following programs and
  resources and offer referral services to Airmen
  and Families
• Wounded Warrior
• ID cards/TRICARE Support
• Exceptional Family Member Program
• Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program
• Financial Wellness
• Strong Bonds/Marriage Enrichment
• Counseling Resources
• Military OneSource, Military Family Life
  Consultants, DPH

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Deployment Cycle Support

• Provide Airman Families Pre, During, and Post
  Deployment Support
• Deployment Briefings
• Collect Forms
• Family Data Sheets, Statement of Understanding,
  Personal Readiness Inventory
• Educational Materials
• Morale/Welfare Contacts/Hearts Apart
• Family/Community Events

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Readiness Personal, Family, Unit, and Community

• Sustain support services for Wings, GSUs and all
  Branches of Service
• Newcomer Briefings/Educational Materials
• Communication- Newsletters, Social Media and
  Email Campaigns
• Participation in emergency preparedness programs
  and exercises
• Emergency Family Assistance Center

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Life Skills Education, Consultation and
Transition Guidance

• Provide resources and opportunities for awareness
  and application for programs such as
• Financial Wellness Education
• Resiliency/Stress Management/Traumatic Stress
  Response
• Pre-separation Counseling
• Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW)/ Veterans
  Employment Initiative (VEI)
• 180 consecutive days Title 10 orders

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Community Outreach and Cooperative Interface

• Interface within Wing and Local Community to
  identify/ share resources and trends
• Participate in CAIB/IDS
• Joining Community Forces/ISFAC
• State Family Program Office
• Veterans Service Organizations
• Employment/Education Agencies (Dept of Labor,
  Workforce Centers, State/Community Colleges)

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Volunteer Communication, Direction and Guidance

• Key Volunteer Program
• Membership includes Airman, Family Members,
  Retirees, and/or Community Members
• Act as a Force Multiplier, attending Roll Calls,
  contacting families, assisting with events, etc.
• AFRPM provides training/ and guidance for
  Volunteer program

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Other Air Force Base Resources

• Child Care Facilities (Active Duty, ANG has HCC)
• Civilian Personnel Office
• Health and Wellness Center
• Services Squadron (MWR)
• Legal
• Base Exchange (BX)
• Base Gym
• Chapel (Strongbonds, Family)
• Commissary (Active Duty)
• Hospital (Active Duty)
• Veterinary Clinic (Active Duty)
• Volunteer Resource Program
• Family Services Program
• Wives (Spouses) Clubs
• Youth Activities (youth camps, day camps)

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Mission of the NG Psychological Health Program

• To advocate for and support NG members and
  families by promoting mental fitness and personal
  readiness for operational readiness.
• To build until and community capacity by
  promoting and empower the creation of a culture
  of mental fitness, as well as providing active
  outreach and networking.

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Mission of the NG Psychological Health Program

• Provides each ANG Wing and ARNG Surgeons Office
  a Director of Psychological Health to serve as a
  behavioral health consultant, subject matter
  expert, and advocate for psychological health.

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Director of Psychological Health

• Provide leadership consultations on behavioral
  health concerns and be the SME
• Provide crisis response to SMs and/or units
  experiencing distress
• Conduct assessment and referral to appropriate
  care providers
• Provide short term solution focused support

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Confidentiality

• Services are confidential. We do not have access
  to read or enter any information into the medical
  record.
• Sexual assault victims retain their ability to
  file a restricted report or no report if they
  desire.
• Duty to Warn situations trump confidentiality

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Referrals

• SMs must voluntarily seek out the DPH
• We cant do cold calls, contacting the SMs
  first
• Okay for leaders or peers to refer, suggest, or
  encourage a SM to see the DPH, as long as it is
  purely voluntary

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What DPHs dont do

• Conduct command directed evaluations
• Determine fitness for duty
• Place or remove member from medical profiles
• Perform court-ordered evaluations
• Make deployability decisions
• Perform psychological autopsies

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Updated Laws

• DoD is seeking to work with states to remove
  unnecessary barriers and improve the quality of
  life for military families.
• Current Activities Legislators passed 63 bills
  in 2014 and brought the current list of key
  issues to the following status
• 50 states have approved the Interstate Compact
  on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
• 50 states have approved one or more of the
  eight initiatives supporting absentee voting, and
  13 states have passed the Uniform Military and
  Overseas Voter Act
• 49 states have passed one or more of the six
  initiatives supporting protections for service
  member for child custody decisions
• 48 states have established policies in one or
  more of four initiatives supporting licensure for
  separating service members
• 47 states have established policies in one or
  more of three initiatives supporting license
  portability for military spouses
• 45 state have approved unemployment
  compensation for military spouses who had to
  leave employment because of a military move
• 45 states have supported quality child care
  through annual inspection or background checks
• 45 states have established policies to comport
  state rules on disposition of service member
  remains with Federal rules
• 37 states enforce the DoD regulation on
  predatory lending or otherwise prohibit payday
  and vehicle title loans
• 36 states support Veterans Treatment Courts
• 33 states support in-state tuition for
  transitioning service member
• 10 states have approved tracking military
  children in state school databases, and
• 5 states allow military families to establish
  eligibility for Home and Community Based Services
  for the family member with special needs so that
  care will be available when the family separates
  or retires

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Contacts

• Nikki Wajer- Airman and Family Program Director
• Office-[phone]
• Cell phone-[phone]
• Nicole.Wajer_at_ang.af.mil
• Char Skovlund- Director of Psychological Health
• Office- [phone]
• Cell phone- [phone]
• Char.Skovlund.ctr_at_ang.af.mil