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The Military Family Research Institute is a cross-departmental research program housed at Purdue University and funded by the Department of Defense, Office of Military Community and Family Policy. The mission of MFRI is to conduct interdisciplinary, multilevel research that provides insight into the impact of quality of life factors on military members and their families.
http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/mfri/index.html
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This site provides multiple resources for Marines and their families to deal with deployment-related stress.
http://www.usmc-mccs.org/cosc/briefs.cfm?sid=ml&smid=2
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Being a part of the military can be a real challenge, particulary for your children. That's why Sesame Street Workshop and Wal*Mart stores have partnered to create 'Talk, Listen, Connect: Helping Families Cope with Military Deployment'
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/tlc/index.php
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Courage to Care is an electronic health campaign consisting of fact sheets that deal with health topics relevant to military life. Courage to Care content is developed by leading military health experts from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
http://www.usuhs.mil/psy/courage.html
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The Military Child Education Coalition is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, world-wide organization that identifies the challenges that face 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.
http://www.militarychild.org/
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Toll Free Number 1-800-342-9647 The Department of Defense offers a 24/7 Military OneSource Call Center and website which provides military service and family member supportive information, community referrals, counseling, education materials, free webinars and other services. Additional phone numbers for those with disabilities are shown on the Military OneSource website. Beginning in October 2007, Military OneSource will offer a new telephonic consultation service especially for those who live in Europe.
http://www.militaryonesource.com/
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The Department of Defense (DoD) announced the formation of a congressionally directed task force to examine matters relating to mental health and the Armed Forces. "This is an extremely important effort involving a collaboration of DoD, federal and private sector experts in mental health," said Dr. William Winkenwerder, Jr., assistant secretary of Defense for health affairs (ASD-HA). "The assessment and recommendations of this group will help to frame the course of the Department's mental health services well into the future..."
http://www.ha.osd.mil/dhb/mhtf/default.cfm
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This questionnaire will help you to gauge your own drinking habits and whether or not they are cause for concern. Please read the following statements, recording the indicated numeric score for each true or false response.
http://www.humana-military.com/South/bene/HealthandWellness/BehavorialHealth/VO%20Tipsheets/Alcoh...
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This web site is dedicated to the surviving spouses and dependents of military personnel who died while in active military service and to the survivors of veterans who died after active service. We are grateful for the opportunity to provide quality information and assistance to family members suffering the loss of their husbands and wives, sons and daughters, and mothers and fathers.
http://www.vba.va.gov/survivors/
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A great resource for all parents, regardless of their servicemember’s affiliation.
http://www.nmfa.org/site/DocServer/YourSoldier__Parent_s_Guide_.pdf?docID=3421
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