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Military Family Resources
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Supporting Military Families Yelm Community Schools offers support in a variety of ways to students of military parents and their families. Groups and other services are coordinated by the counseling department at each school. The following links provide additional resources to our military families. Resources Military Family School Liaison Officer Janis Gardner - 253.967.7195 Joint Base Lewis McChord http://www.lewis.army.mil/ Army Community Services 253.967.7166 2140 Liggett Ave, Rm 400 (Waller Hall) PO Box 339500, MS 20 Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98433 Washington State Dept. of Veterans Affairs 1.800.562.0132 360.725.2200 ARMY Child Care NACCRRA - Funded by Dept. of Defense Soka Bunn - 360.786.8907 ext. 105 Colleen Sullivan 360.786.8907 ext. 146 South Sound YMCA Child Care Supporting Military Families After School Program in Your Neighborhood (ASPYN) Partnered with Dept. of Defense for reduced child care fees Child Care Services: 360.908.0403 or bbanningb@ssymca.net Child Care Resource and Referral 1.800.845.0956 360.754.0810 Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network 1.800.446.1114 Native American Program Liaison Yelm Community Schools Sandra Gordon - 360.458.6316 Yelm Community Services - UCBO 360.458.7000 624 Crystal Springs Rd. NW Yelm, WA Services: licensing, clothing bank, food bank, Yelm Head Start/ECEAP Child Find 360.458.4040 Developmental screening for children under age 6 Crime Stoppers for Yelm Community Schools 360.458.2020 Girl Scouts of Western Washington Cub Scouts Child Protective Services 1.866.363.4276 Education Information for Military Families The Military Child Education Coalition is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, work-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. Department of Defense (DoD) http://www.militarystudent.dod.mil/ This site is the official source of education information for the Department of Defense. Military Impacted Schools Association http://www.militaryimpactedschoolsassociation.org/ This site includes checklists for parents of students leaving and entering a new school. The Military Impacted Schools Association (MISA) is a national organization representing school districts that serve high concentrations of military children. The organization works to provide a continuum of quality education for all military children. National Military Family Association http://www.nmfa.org/ The goals of the National Military Family Association are to educate military families concerning their rights, benefits and services available to them and to inform them regarding the issues that affect their lives and to promote and protect the interests of military families by influencing the development and implementation of legislation and policies affecting them. The site includes information about the education of military children. Military OneSource Military OneSource provides a variety of information for military members and their families, including a section about K-12 education. Military Home Front http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/ MilitaryHOMEFRONT is the official Department of Defense web site for reliable Quality of Life information designed to help troops and their families, leaders and service providers. This site includes information about military children and education. Military Child Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health http://www.jhsph.edu/mci/training_course This Web site offers a course for school administrators, support staff and teachers to help all students meet life's challenges with resilience, focusing primarily on students from military families. Free Tool to Communicate with Deployed Family Members This site allows families a free way to communicate with and send photos to deployed family members. 2012 Camp Opportunities for Military Kids |
