Military Families Claim Education Victory

Tenth State Signs on to Educational Compact! Military families won an enormous victory last week when Delaware became the tenth critical state to adopt The Interstate Compact for Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The first state to adopt the compact was Kansas exactly three months ago in April. Since then, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Oklahoma have all signed on to the compact. The compact is now activated in these 10 states that have adopted it, and for other states that subsequently join. <<more>>

Operation Purple Retreats For Military Families NMFA is pleased to announce two pilots of the Operation Purple program - Operation Purple Healing Adventures and Operation Purple Legacy Retreat. Operation Purple Healing Adventures is designed to meet the needs of wounded service members and their families through a week of family-centered activities, as well as couples seminars and activities. Learn more about Operation Purple Healing Adventures. NMFA is also accepting applications for Operation Purple Legacy Retreat which is geared to meet the needs and challenges of surviving family members. Click here to find details about Operation Purple Legacy Retreat.

DoD Receives Additional Mental Health Care Providers The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced that they have signed a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) to increase mental health services available to active duty service members, retirees, and their families.   “Thanks to this agreement, the U.S. Public Health Service will send us mental health professionals with all disciplines, and the military services will place them in locations with the greatest need,” said Dr. S. Ward Casscells, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. <<more>>

Sesame Workshop Launches Phase Two of Military Families Outreach Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, today launched Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments, Homecomings, Changes, the second phase of the Workshop's military outreach program launched initially in 2006. The initiative provides support and offers significant resources for military families with young children experiencing the effects of deployments, multiple deployments or when a parent returns home changed due to a combat related injury. <<more>>

Celebrate July 4th Everyday July 4th, the most patriotic of American holidays, reminds us to thank those who guarantee our freedom and remember those who have sacrificed everything. On the fourth and everyday after, Americans around the world can show their thanks by supporting the families who are left behind as their loved one serves. Find out some simple ways you can support military families.