Military
Education, relocation, parenting, stress – you name it – Military OneSource can help with just about anything. Available by phone or online, their free service is provided by the Department of Defense for active-duty, Guard, and Reserve service members and their families. It is completely private and confidential, with few exceptions.
The American Legion offers a number of scholarships and other resources to assist young people in their pursuit of higher education. There are opportunities for everyone, including kin of wartime veterans and participants in Legion programs.
Easterseals provides opportunities for people of all ages with a range of disabilities to achieve their full potential.
Military Child Initiative, a research-based evidence, has identified the highly protective role schools can play in moderating the academic, social and health behavior risks of military youth. Their goal is to move research-based practical approaches into schools and school districts so that all children and youth can thrive, especially those who are most socially mobile and emotionally vulnerable.
The Military Child Education Coalition is a non-profit, world-wide organization that identifies the challenges facing the highly mobile military child, increases awareness of these challenges in military and educational communities, and initiates and implements programs to meet the challenges. MCEC’s goal is to level the educational playing field for military children wherever they are located around the world, and to serve as a model for all highly mobile children.
Great, Interesting and entertaining ideas and ways for children to cope and interact with their deployed parent or loved one.
ASYMCA runs over 150 programs around the world to ease the burden of the families of junior-enlisted military personnel. Some are carried out at single branch ASYMCA locations. Others operate at multiple branch locations and are customized to meet the specific needs of that community.
Here’s a universe of things to do: useful tools for your homework and paper-writing projects, video games, sport and art activities, and a bunch of other information and entertainment that will keep you coming back for more.
When National Guard, Reserve, and other military families living in civilian communities become mobilized, their children experience the stress of being a military kid. OMK collaborates with groups across the state to provide sustainable local support services to military youth before, during, and after their family members are deployed.
This organization advocates for benefits and programs that strengthen and protect uniformed services families and reflect the Nation’s respect for their service.
This site allows you to read interactive books, play games and do activities with your child in real time from anywhere in the world. The site allows users to see and hear one another while they read books, play games and do art activities together — all in real time. Free for military families.
This site was specifically designed for youth with family in the military. This website covers topics such as dealing with deployment and moving to a new location as well as everyday youth topics such as divorce, exercise, and money management. This site has information for elementary, middle, and high school aged youth.