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.
Information About Impact Aid
Read a message from
Colonel Duncan about why service members, JBLM civilian employees and contractors should fill out the annual Impact Aid survey.
Resources
Military Family School Liaison Officer
Antoinette Walker
253.967.7195
Armed Forces Community Services
253.967.7166
2140 Liggett Ave, Rm 400 (Waller Hall)
PO Box 339500, MS 20
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98433
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
Supporting Military Families
After School Program in Your Neighborhood (ASPYN)
Partnered with Dept. of Defense for reduced child care fees
1.800.845.0956
360.754.0810
Resource and Referral Network
1.800.446.1114
Native American Program Liaison
Yelm Community Schools
Sandra Gordon - 360.458.6316
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
1.800.222.TIPS (8477) or
text
Child Protective Services
1.866.363.4276
Education Information for Military FamiliesMilitary Child Education Coalition 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.
Military Impacted Schools AssociationThis 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 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.