Military Families

List of 12 items.

• Blue Star Families

  Blue Star Families builds communities that support military families by connecting research and data to programs and solutions, including career development tools, local community events for families, and caregiver support. Since its inception in 2009, Blue Star Families has engaged tens of thousands of volunteers and served more than 1.5 million military family members. With Blue Star Families, military families can find answers to their challenges anywhere they are stationed.

• Child Care Aware Of America Fee Assistance Program

  Military families may qualify for financial assistance through the Child Care Aware of America Military Fee Assistance program. For information or help with the application process, families should call 1-800-424-2246 and select option 3.

• Folds of Honor Scholarship

  The Folds of Honor Children's Fund Scholarship was established to provide primary and secondary scholarship assistance for military families with children in K-12th grade. 
  
  The Folds of Honor Children's Fund Scholarship is not directly connected to Indian Creek School in any way. Families interested in applying must apply directly to Folds of Honor and may start the application on February 1 at https://foldsofhonor.org/scholarships/childrens-fund/.

• Interstate Compact On Education Opportunity For Military Children

  The Council of State Governments (CSG), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense, drafted the Interstate Compact to address the educational challenges transitioning military children experience. Since July 2006, CSG has worked with a variety of federal, state, and local officials as well as national stakeholder organizations representing educational groups and military families to create the new interstate agreement.

• Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)

  Military Child Education Coalition's (MCEC) mission is to ensure inclusive, quality educational experiences for all military children affected by mobility, family separation and transition. MCEC offers numerous resources for parents, information about leadership camps and scholarships, and extensive training for educators about the needs of military-connected students.

• Military Family Association

  The Military Family Association is a nonprofit organization focusing on issues important to military families, such as comprehensive child care, accessible health care, spouse employment options, great schools, caring communities, a secure retirement, and support for widows and widowers.

• Military Kids Connect

  Military Kids Connect is an online community offered by the Department of Defense National Center for Telehealth and Technology. The site provides military-connected students access to age-appropriate resources dealing with unique challenges of military life.

• Military One Source

  Military One Source is a free service provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) to active duty, guard, and reserve service members (regardless of activation status) and their families with comprehensive information on every aspect of military life including deployment, reunion, relationships, grief, spouse employment, and education, parenting and child care, and more. It’s a virtual extension of installation services. Consultants are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

• National Military Family Association (NMFA)

  National Military Family Association (NMFA) is a nonprofit organization focusing on issues important to military families, such as comprehensive child care, accessible health care, spouse employment options, great schools, caring communities, a secure retirement and support for widows and widowers.

• Navy Fleet And Family Support Program

  The Fleet and Family Support Program (FFSP) provides unified, customer-focused, consistent, and efficient FFSP programs and services to support sustained mission and Navy readiness.

• Tutor.com

  Tutor.com is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and Coast Guard Mutual Assistance that allows eligible students (grades K-12) and service members in U.S. active-duty military families to connect to a live tutor online at any time for one-to-one help with homework, studying, test prep, proofreading, and more at no cost.

• United Through Reading

  The mission of United Through Reading is to connect military families who are separated —for deployment or military assignment—by providing the bonding experience of shared storytime.