Area Defense Counsel (ADC)

The Area Defense Counsel is a military lawyer who provides independent legal representation, free of charge, for Air Force members who face military justice and adverse administrative actions. An individual has absolute confidentiality with their attorney. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals

Alcohol Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) Program

The ADAPT program promotes readiness and health through the prevention and comprehensive treatment of substance abuse problems. The ADAPT program seeks to minimize the negative consequences of substance abuse to the individual, family, and Air Force. It also provides comprehensive education and treatment to individuals who experience problems attributed to substance abuse. Ultimately, the ADAPT program is chartered to return identified substance abusers to unrestricted duty status or assist them in their transition to civilian life, as appropriate. At the base level, assessment and treatment is conducted by mental health care providers, usually psychologists or social workers and certified substance abuse counselors who are mental health care technicians.

American Society of Addiction Medicine
Alcoholics Anonymous
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Narcotics Anonymous
Alanon and Alateen
Rational Recovery

Chaplain Services

As an integral part of the military operational structure, chaplains protect the first amendment rights to the free exercise of religion (DoD Directive 1300.17) for all service members and their families, while remaining faithful to their ecclesiastical endorsement (DoD Directive 1304.19). Chaplains are responsible for worship, liturgies, rites, pastoral care, religious education, and advice to leadership in areas of religion, religious accommodation, and moral/ethical decision-making. They provide a spiritual dimension to family support, Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), medical, and quality of life programs. Chaplains often provide individual, marital, and family counseling services offering absolute privileged (confidential) communication.

The Chaplain's Corner
USAF Chaplain Service

Family Advocacy Program

The mission of Family Advocacy is to build healthy families and communities by preventing the occurrence, reoccurrence, and severity of family maltreatment to the maximum extent possible. The prevention of maltreatment includes the prevention of physical, sexual or emotional abuse and neglect. Preventive intervention is aimed at organizing and supporting the development of responses among families, and key players that interface with the problem of family maltreatment. The Family Advocacy prevention team supports the Air Force mission through the use of trained professionals, therapeutic treatment and maltreatment education based on community needs and high-risk indicators. Programs/classes often include parenting, couples communication, family violence prevention briefings, anger management, and the New Parent Support Program. Also, Family Advocacy manages the Exceptional Family Member Program.

DOD Family Advocacy Program
Article on Family Violence in the Military
AF Family Advocacy Program
Exceptional Family Member Program
Smart Marriages
Angermgmt.Com
Parenting Toolbox
Angermanagment.Com

Family Support Center

Air Force Aid Society: A private, non-profit aid organization providing 24-hour grants, loan assistance, education grants, and community programs for spouses and children of active duty, retired and deceased military.

Air Force Aid Society

Career Focus Program: Assists family members with career planning, improving job search skills, and identifying vocational interests. Individual career counseling, assessment, skills development, and decision-making are key elements of this program. Classes, workshops, employment resource rooms with computers, and one-on-one assistance are available.

DOD Job Search
Occupational Outlook Handbook

Family Life Education: Strengthens skills, knowledge, and abilities across the entire family life cycle while adapting to the military environment.

Family Education

Family Readiness: Family readiness helps families prepare for extended TDYs and deployment separation.

Air Force Personal Readiness
Family Separation and Readiness

Financial Management: Personal financial management provides counseling and workshops on financial issues including debt reduction, budget development, investing and other strategies for financial success.
Financial Education Course
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Air Force Financial Service Center

Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance provides relocation planning, current destination information and workshops to smooth the moving process. Program managers maintain information about human service resources on base and in the local community (both military and civilian) and link people who need assistance with the appropriate service providers and/or to supply descriptive information about the agencies or organizations that offer service. Crossroads
Military Installation Information

Transition Assistance: Offers military, family members and civil service employee’s information, counseling and workshops to develop skills to transition into the civilian work force. Troops to Teachers
Transitioning from Military to Civilian Career
MilitaryTransition.Com

Health and Wellness Center (HAWC)

The HAWC assists individuals with improving their state of physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual well-being. The HAWC offers a variety of multidisciplinary programs available to beneficiaries and civilian personnel. Common programs/classes include general nutrition, a full spectrum of fitness training, substance abuse prevention, stress management, health risk reduction, and tobacco cessation.

American Dietetic Association
Tobacco Cessation
American Heart Association
National Institutes of Health
National Strength and Conditioning Association
Food & Nutrition Information Center
Physical Activity and Health- a report

Life Skills Support Center

The Life Skills Support Center (LSSC) offers professional mental health services, provided by psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, to all active duty Air Force personnel. Family members and retirees may receive mental health services on a space available basis. Psychotherapy is available in individual, couple, family, and group formats. Treatment commonly focuses on managing depression, anxiety, stress, sleep, marital difficulties, crisis intervention, and critical incident stress management. The Limited Privilege Suicide Prevention (LPSP) Program provides for limited confidentiality under circumstances outlined in AFI44-109.

Critical Incident Stress Management
National Institute of Mental Health
Stress Management
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
Society of Air Force Clinical Psychologists
The Center for Mental Health Services
American Association of Suicidology

Military Equal Opportunity (MEO)

The MEO office attempts to improve mission effectiveness by promoting an environment free from personal, social, or institutional barriers that prevent Air Force members from rising to the highest level of responsibility based upon their individual merit, fitness, and capability. The program seeks to eliminate unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin to include sexual harassment. Unlawful discrimination against Air Force personnel and their family members, on or off base, will not be tolerated. FMP - Equal Opportunity

DO NOT OVERLOOK THE FOLLOWING BASE AGENCIES THAT ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES:

OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

ARTS/CRAFTS/HOBBIE CENTERS

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INTEGRATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEM (IDS)

The IDS is a revolutionary concept where all the base helping agencies gather together to assess the needs of a base and to then as a group develop a plan for meeting the communities needs. The IDS meets on a monthly basis on each installation. The IDS publishes a handout listing all their services.