We all experience ups and downs in life. At some point just about everyone needs help coping with stress caused by life's many changes. The Fleet and Family Support Center counselors can provide short-term, non-medical counseling for individuals, groups, and families (including children). Counselors can provide crisis intervention and/or response to disasters and other catastrophes, group counseling and/or educational groups, and referral to other community resources.
Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life is a program available for active duty Sailors who experiences a suicide ideation or attempt (suicide-related behaviors). SAIL case managers are Fleet and family Support Center counselors who maintain contact with Sailors, healthcare providers and command leadership, assisting with care coordination and engaging additional resources as needed.
The Family Advocacy Program provides clinical assessment, treatment and services for service members, their intimate partners, and family members involved in allegations of domestic abuse and child abuse. The goal of the Family Advocacy Program is to prevent domestic violence by encouraging people to examine their own behavior and take steps to learn and practice healthier behaviors.
The Family Employment Readiness Program (FERP) provides no cost consultations, programs and services to help families in the job search process. Consultants are available to guide spouses and family members on career planning, job seeking and resume writing, as well as to help them prepare for interviews and negotiate offers. FERP can assist with the following:
Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO) consultants provide professional guidance to military spouses on careers, education and training, employment readiness and career connections.
Search for jobs online using the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) which connects military spouse-friendly companies with jobs to military spouses seeking employment.
Military Spouse Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) provides financial assistance to eligible spouses pursuing licensure, certification or an associate degree.
Military Spouse Preference Program: As you search for federal positions, don't forget about the Priority Placement Program for military spouse preference. The program gives preferences to military spouses applying for certain Department of Defense position on USAJOBS.gov by using the checklist form.
Military spouses are invited to apply to the new Military Spouse Career Accelerator Pilot Program, a competitive multi-year program that provides spouses with paid 12-week fellowships at employers across various industries and locations.
Free Flexjobs Membership: Military spouses have access to thousands of flexible and remote job openings through a free one-year membership to FlexJobs, a leading specialty online job search site.
LinkedIn Premium Upgrade: Military spouses are eligible for a free year of LinkedIn Premium to help with job searches, networking and more.
Licensure Reimbursement When You PCS: If your career requires a professional license or certification, your service branch can help reimburse costs that come up when you PCS. The military services continue to support military spouse employment by offering up to $1,000 in licensure and certification costs resulting from relocations or military moves within the United States or OCONUS to stateside.
The Deployment Support Handbook, developed in 2015, contains resources and information that will help you prepare for deployment, handle the challenges that arise during deployment and successfully adjust during the return and reintegration phase at the end of the deployment. Be sure to attend your command-sponsored deployment briefs for more specific information.
Use this Deployment Checklist to keep track of all your preparations for your next deployment.
We are available to help you prepare.
In support of Individual Augmentee (IA) spouses and family members, the Fleet and Family Support Centers have developed programs directed at their specific needs, such as the Deployment Readiness Briefs and Families of Warriors in Transition Homecoming Program.
For more detailed information for Sailors, families, commands and employers visit the Individual Augmentee website.
The Fleet and Family Support Program's Relocation Assistance Program (RAP) can make your move a lot easier, whether you are settling in or departing from a duty station. The RAP is designed to make the moving process run as effortlessly as possible for the service member be they single, married, married with children, single parents, also family members of active duty and mobilized reservist and active reservist personnel relocating. The program can assist service members and their families with the following:
The Navy’s Personal Financial Management (PFM) implements specific requirements that establish a systemic approach to address personal financial management issues for Sailors, families and Navy commands. Management of personal finances presents an increasing challenge to Sailors and their families. Contributing factors include a high cost of living in some areas of the United States, predatory lenders/lending, high-pressure sales tactics, deceptive advertising, consumer rip-off schemes and a tendency to live beyond one’s means.
Overall, the PFM program offers information and referral, education and training, as well as financial counseling to address the financial education needs of Sailors and their families. The PFM program is to emphasizes a proactive, career life-cycle approach to service members' personal financial responsibility and accountability by providing basic principles and practices of sound money management, counseling tools and referral services using a comprehensive education and training program.
Command Financial Specialist: The OPNAV INSTRUCTION 1740.5D is the regulation outlining the responsibilities and functions of the CFS.
FINRED Financial Well Being Assessment: The Financial Well-Being Assessment can help you conduct a “checkup” on your financial health.
The New Parent Support Home Visitation Program (NPSHVP) is a free support service program designed to meet the needs of expectant active-duty military personnel, their spouses and those families with children under the age of four. The program is to provide prenatal and parenting skills education to active-duty service members and their families.
NPSHVP's primary goal is to enhance their quality of life by empowering parents to meet the challenges of parenthood while maintaining a military lifestyle. The program offers a variety of services, including prenatal health and nutrition consultation, breastfeeding education, early child development education, parenting skills and home visitation services. This program offers expectant parents and parents of newborn and young children the opportunity to learn new skills as parents and to improve existing parenting skills, in the privacy of their own home.
How to bond with baby.
How to child-proof your home and prepare it for baby’s arrival.
The stages of child development.
Skills, strategies and techniques to promote the growth and development of your child.
How to balance the demands of caring for your child with caring for yourself.
New Parent Support Home Visitation Program offers prenatal information about pregnancy, birth and infant care.
Both Mom and Dad learn through the Nurturing Pre-Natal Family Program how to:
Bond with baby
Nurture themselves and their partners
Prevent drug-related birth defects
Handle stress and anger
Explore their thoughts on discipline
Prevent drug-related birth defects
Use infant massage
Celebrate the birth
Deal with physical and emotional changes
Strengthen the bond with their partner
Siblings preparing for a new family member
Resources in your own community
Current hot topics concerning parenting
Information on breast feeding
We do not have to remind you that raising a family in the military is not always easy. Moves. Deployments. Separation. Stress. Being a single parent has its own set of challenges when taking on the roles of Sailor, parent and trying to find time to take care of yourself. That is why we say that if you are feeling a little anxiety, it really is normal! You are not alone. We can help.
The Navy's Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) serves military families with special needs. The EFMP is a mandatory enrollment program for sponsors with qualifying family members. Enrollment in the EFMP ensures maximum provision of services to the family throughout the sponsor’s career.
The EFMP includes identification of the family member's special needs and enrollment in the program, assignment coordination and family support. The program assists Sailors during the assignment process by addressing the special needs of their exceptional family members (EFM) and ensuring they are assigned to areas where they can access necessary resources.
Special needs include special medical, dental, mental health, developmental or educational requirements, the requirement for adaptive equipment assistive technology devices and services and/or wheelchair accessibility.
The Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System (NFAAS) application provides electronic EFMP enrollment and enrollment update capability (DD Form 2792 & DD Form 2792-1), allows the service member to track the status of enrollment and provides a means to record and maintain EFM information, referrals and individualized service plans.
The Fleet and Family Support Program is the Information and Referral (I&R) conduit for questions regarding EFM resources in the local community.
EFMP Case Liaisons located at Fleet and Family Support Centers:
Provide information, referral and system navigation to special needs families.
Link families with available military, national and local community resources.
Provide non-medical case management.
Develop and maintain Family Service Plans (FSP).
Partner with the MTF Coordinators to provide information, education and marketing.
Download a copy of the DoD Special Needs Parent Tool Kit in English and eight additional languages
The Transition Assistance Program (TAP) prepares eligible Service members and their families to face the many challenges of transitioning from active duty back to civilian life. TAP enables Service members to fulfill the requirements of the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act of 2012 and meet their Career Readiness Standards (CRS) as mandated by the TAP for Military Personnel Department of Defense Instruction 1332.35.
Effective 1 Oct 2019, all transitioning Service members must attend Initial Self-Assessment Counseling (IC) no less than 365 days prior to official separation, which prepare them for their TAP Workshop that compass 3-days of core mandate curriculum and selected career tracks that focuses either on Employment, Entrepreneurship Education or Vocational training. Training is in a classroom setting, but is available on Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) for Service members deployed or stationed in isolated areas. Military spouses are highly encouraged to attend TAP with their transitioning Service member.
While participating in TAP Workshops, Service members and their families are encouraged to take advantage of the additional training that best suits their career path from the military into civilian life.
MANDATED INITIAL SELF-ASSESSMENT & PRE-SEPARATION COUNSELING
Effective 1 Oct 2019, all Service members transitioning from the military must complete a Congressionally Mandated Initial Self-Assessment within two years of retiring, within 18 months of separating, and not less than 365-days prior of official retirement or separation date; pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1142. Service members are to contact a Career Command Counselor (CCC) or Transition Counselor for guidance and to learn about the Career Readiness Standards requirements of the transition process and completion of the DD 2648.
Life happens and unfortunately, it does not come with a handbook or instructions. Life Skills are all about self-discovery, exploring new ways to think, interact and problem-solve. We offer workshops that are focused on building and maintaining healthy relationships, strengthening interpersonal competencies, resilience and problem solving skills, mastering roles, tasks, and responsibilities throughout the family life cycle; and employing mindful thought management and problem solving strategies. Explore the following workshop topics in order to enrich your life.
Workshops and Seminars include but are not limited to:
Emotional Intelligence (Anger Management)
This class illustrates the differences between anger, assertiveness, stress, and aggression. You will learn how to evaluate and understand your anger, develop different skills to manage your anger, and learn how to stay calm in stressful situations.
Couples Communication
Master the skills of understanding non-verbal cues, constructive criticism, and active listening. Explore differences that affect communication as a couple, as well as how you can deepen your relationship.
New Spouse 101
Are you a new Military Spouse? Learn how to navigate the military lifestyle, speak some navy language, learn some of those strange navy acronyms, address any rumors, and explore available resources.
Parenting Tips (Ages 6-12)
This class is designed for parents of children 6-12 years of age. Learn more about Stages of child development, Discipline and punishment, Styles of parenting & the effects, Effective parenting, concerning behaviors, and Self-Care.
Parenting Tips Ages (13 & Over)
This class is designed for parents of children 13 years of age and older. Learn more about adolescent Stages and development, Discipline and punishment, Styles of parenting & the effects, Effective parenting, concerning behaviors, and Self-Care.
Parenting Tips Ages 0-5
This class is designed for parents of children ages 0-5. Learn more about Stages of child development, Discipline vs. punishment, Styles of parenting & the effects, Effective parenting, and concerning behaviors.
Stress Management
The purpose of this training is to provide participants with tools to manage stress in their daily lives. Stress is an unavoidable fact of life. The way we handle stress can affect our personal and professional lives. Learn more about managing stress with techniques such as goal-setting, time management, and progressive relaxation.
Suicide Prevention
The purpose of this training is to raise awareness about suicide and provide instruction on suicide prevention.
Time Management
Find out what time management can do for you. Learn to set goals and objectives, get yourself organized, establish priorities and get things done.
Communication Skills
Communication is powerful and directly affects our quality of life and relation-ships. Our ability to express what we think and feel without clouding our ability to listen and respect how others think and feel is the greatest factor of success in our work and home life. Yet, communication is an everyday activity that is easily taken for granted. This workshop helps people use the power of communication to strengthen relationships at work and at home by practicing skills that build effective two-way communication.
Motivating By Appreciation
Based on the book “5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace” by Gary Chapman and Paul White, this 60-minute workshop will walk you through the fundamentals of using appreciation as a motivator in the workplace. Made for command leaders and peers alike, appreciation can be felt from the bottom up or the top down.
Organize your Life!
Do you ever feel like life is getting the better of you? Then this class is for you. This 90-minute workshop covers organization topics and concepts that will help you “Organize your Life.”
Get Organized for Emergencies
Natural Disasters can be scary, not knowing what to do during a natural disaster can be even scarier! Let us help you get organized for Emergencies, by planning and gathering supplies now before disaster strikes.
Building Resiliency: A foundation for Success
A multidimensional approach to building resiliency. This workshop covers practical ways to build resiliency and a growth mindset.
Managing Self-Care
This 60-minute workshop looks at stress triggers and emotional factors and how individuals can cope and manage these using self-care. Learners will leave the class with a game plan of how to manage self-care at home, work or wherever they find themselves feeling overwhelmed.
Holiday Blues
This 60-minute workshop looks at how stress presents itself during the Holiday Season and how coping strategies may look different (or the same for some) than they typically do during all the fanfare and celebratory time with family and friends. Learners will know where to get help, some useful coping strategies, and a game plan as they enter the holiday season.
How to Avoid Burnout
This presentation explores how stress leads to burnout, and what warning signs to look for when approaching burnout. Learners will walk away with stress and burnout busters that they can incorporate into their daily routines.
Mind Body Mental Fitness
A series of six 2-hour modules that cover topics stress resilience, mindfulness, and meditation, living core values, Flexibility, problem solving and connection. Moules can be delivered as stand-alone training courses, or as shorter, targeted training courses when needed.
Book a session, in-person or virtually today!
If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide:
What You Can Do
Ask - Ask your shipmate directly "are you thinking about killing yourself? Do you have a plan to kill yourself?"
Care - Tell your shipmate that you're concerned about him or her, without judgment. They may not show it, but they likely appreciate that someone cared enough to say something.
Treat - Take your shipmate to get help immediately by seeking a Navy chaplain, medical professional or trusted leader. Call 911 if danger is imminent. Help is available 24/7 call or text 988 or visit https://988lifeline.org/.
Interested in scheduling a workshop? Give us a call at 831-656-3060 or email us!
Didn't find what you're looking for? Let us know and we'll see what we can do for you! Give us a call at 831-656-3060.
Some of the best reasons to volunteer include offering your time to individuals and organizations in need, sharing your skills, connecting with the community and making a difference in someone else’s life. Volunteering is a positive, altruistic act.
Volunteering helps you:
Learn new skills and gain career experience
Meet new people while contributing to a greater cause
Raise your self-esteem and general satisfaction
Volunteering helps the job seeker:
Skills and experience are added to your resume.
Important network connections are established.
You have the “inside track” as paid positions come available in your organization.
Your volunteer network can introduce you to external hiring officials.
Volunteering is good for young people:
They learn important life lessons and become more socially aware.
Kids experience the values of hard work and helping others.
The work makes a strong point on college applications.
They can explore careers.
Find the opportunities that suit you best. Visit or call the FFSC (831-656-3060) or email for further assistance on finding volunteer opportunities.
Fill out our Volunteer Interest Form or book a session today!
An Ombudsman is an official representative of the Commanding Officer and plays a vital role in establishing and maintaining current and accurate communication between the command and its family members. This overview will explain the history of the program and discuss the roles of Ombudsmen.
If you are interested in becoming an ombudsman call the FFSC at 831-656-3060 and ask for the Ombudsman Coordinator or email.
Ombudsman program support is provided by the Ombudsman Coordinator and can be provided, telephonically, via email, virtually, or in-person. To contact the Ombudsman Coordinator call the FFSC or click here.
Ombudsman Program Updates
The Ombudsman Coordinator keeps command designees and base leaders informed of updates to the Command Ombudsman Program. Updates are provided in a variety of formats, including but not limited to verbal updates at the Quality-of-Life Meeting, via email, Ombudsman Bulletin, FFSC Newsletter/Command Representative correspondence, and/or Ombudsman Coordinator Newsletter.
Personal Ombudsman Support
Ombudsman Coordinator personal support for Command Ombudsman including information and referral, typically provided in-person, telephonically or by email, Ombudsman will receive personalized support depending on their inquiry, command, and need.
Ombudsman Recognition
Consultation and facilitation of Ombudsman recognition, including command consultation, providing sample letters of recognition/commendation, support in submitting command ombudsman for Mrs. Sybil Stockdale Ombudsman of the Year Award, recognition events and gestures of appreciation (i.e., command coins, gits baskets, cards, etc.).
Potential and New Ombudsman
Aid and support to potential and new Ombudsman in how to create an LMS Account for eOBT (Ombudsman Basic Training), where to receive OBT, and information and referral.
Command Support
Assistance and guidance for commands for establishing a new Ombudsman, including training, documentation, waiver policies and procedures and recruitment. Support for commands on Ombudsman policy, registry support and information and referral.
Ombudsman Assembly Support
Help the Ombudsman Assembly chair and Assembly members by providing office supplies and assistance with newsletter preparation, acquiring space for Assembly meetings and other support and assistance as required. Additionally, provide slides as requested for regional Ombudsman Assemblies in lieu of local Assembly and provide information to local Ombudsman and Commands for Regional Assemblies via calendar invite and/or Registry bulletin.
The Navy Gold Star Program provides support to surviving family members of Sailors who died while on active duty, regardless of your loved one's military branch, location, or manner of death. Coordinators strive to be a resource and embody the program mission of connecting with surviving family members of active duty death through engagement, creating a culture of remembrance. Our coordinators are located all over the United States and are here to serve as the trusted connection to the Navy for as long as family members desire.
To find out more about this program visit Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NavyGoldStar or call 1-888-509-8759.
Navy Gold Star website at http://www.navygoldstar.com/
Fleet and Family Support Center Montery can connect you with your Gold Star Coordinator.
The U.S. Navy's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) program is designed to meet the needs of victims. Services are available to victims regardless of whether the victim knows the offender, and regardless of where and when the assault took place.
Sexual assaults encompass a broad range of intentional sexual contacts that are unwelcome and without consent. The most serious sexual assaults, include rape, sodomy, and forced forms of sex. No form of sexual assault is ever acceptable in the Department of the Navy, and all are crimes. Close coordination with law enforcement and legal is essential for successful prosecutions. Active intervention is one key element of sexual assault prevention. It emphasizes the responsibility of all Sailors and Marines to protect each other and to actively intervene in circumstances that may lead up to sexual assault.
Our Mission
Prevent and respond to sexual assault, eliminating it from our ranks through a balance of focused education, comprehensive response, compassionate advocacy, and just adjudication in order to promote professionalism, respect, and trust, while preserving Navy mission readiness.
Our Vision
Promote and foster a culturally aware and informed Navy respectful of all, intolerant of sexual assault, and supported by a synergistic program of prevention, advocacy, and accountability.
Additional SAPR Information:
For more information on the Department of Defense's (DoD's) Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, visit their website at http://www.sapr.mil/
If you need immediate assistance, contact the Safe Helpline at 877-995-5247.
Part of Disaster Preparedness is the recovery. For more information on your entitlements read the Authorized/Ordered CONUS Evacuation Entitlement Tri-Fold.
Disaster affects hundreds of thousands of people every year. It may happen at your local Navy installation. It may happen to you.
Are you and your family ready for an emergency?
Whether you’re part of the general Navy community, the Navy’s emergency management team, or a potential partner in disaster response and recovery, you have a role in planning for emergencies -- preparedness is your duty.
Please explore Ready Navy to find information and tools to help you and your family prepare for emergency situations that could arise any time without warning.
Use this Basic Emergency Kit checklist to make sure you are prepared.
Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System (NFAAS)
Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System standardizes a method for the Navy to account, manage and monitor the recovery process for personnel and their families affected and/or scattered by a wide-spread catastrophic event. NFAAS provides valuable information to all levels of the Navy chain of command, allowing commanders to make strategic decisions which facilitate a return to stability.
NFAAS allows Navy Personnel to do the following:
Report Accounting Status
Update Contact/Location information
View Reference Information
Complete a Needs Assessment Survey
You can log into NFAAS by going to https://navyfamily.navy.mil/
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