UNCLASSIFIED Lt Col Susanne M. Hiscock Chief, Family Programs NG-J1 FP

UNCLASSIFIED Overview National Guard Family Program Challenges National Guard Family Program Accreditation Joining Community Forces (JCF) & Outreach National Guard Volunteers Strategic Communications Upcoming Events

UNCLASSIFIED Joining Community Forces (JCF ) White House Joining Forces New Partnerships – USDA’s Institute for Youth, Family, and Community Memorandum of Understanding – Wells Fargo Foundation – Hands on Banking Memorandum of Understanding (Pending)

UNCLASSIFIED Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Programs California: Work for Warriors Program Colorado: Marketing & Outreach Program Florida: Family Career Connection Indiana: Employment Coordination Program Minnesota: Community, County, Youth, and Corporate Support Networks New Hampshire: Deployment Cycle Support Program North Carolina: Integrated Behavioral Health System North Carolina: Legal Assistance Program North Carolina: Education & Employment Center Oregon: Joint Transition Assistance Program & Military Assistance Helpline Tennessee: Employment enhancement Program Vermont: Veterans’ Outreach Program Washington: Employment Enhancement Program

UNCLASSIFIED JCF – States Stepping Forward Alaska’s Forget-Me-Not (Sep 2014) AlaVetNet (Dec 2013) Arizona Coalition for Military Families (est. 2010) California’s Governor’s Military Council (Mar 2013) Colorado’s Purple Star Veterans and Families (2014) Georgia’s Establishment of Veterans Court & Medical Facilities to Apply to Accept TriCare (2014) Illinois Joining Forces Idaho Veterans, Servicemembers and Families Coordination Council (Dec 2013) Kansas Patriot Business Program (Jul 2013) Kentucky Joining Community Forces (est. 2013) Maine Military Community Network (est. 2013) Maryland’s Partner in Care (est. 2012) Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (Jan 2013) Montana Joining Community Forces (est. 2013) Nevada’s Green Zone Network (2013) New York’s The Council on Veterans, Military Members and Their Families (Mar 2014) & Western NY JCF Network/Meetings (ongoing) New Jersey’s JCF Network/Meetings (ongoing) North Carolina’s Military Affairs Commission (Aug 2013) North Dakota Cares (Sep 2014) Ohio’s Regional Support Network (est. 2013) Pennsylvania’s Governor’s Advisory Council on Veteran’s Services (Nov 2013) South Carolina’s Operation Palmetto Employment (Apr 2014) South D Tennessee’s Governor’s Council for Armed Forces, Veterans, and Their Families (Jul 2012) Texas’s TexVet, Partners Across Texas, & JCF-Texas (est ) Utah’s Community Covenant (2013) Washington’s Veterans Transition Support (May 2013) West Virginia’s Joining Community Forces (est. 2013) Wisconsin Joining Community Forces (est. 2012/13) & Wisconsin ISFAC (est. 2003) Wyoming Regional JCF Meeting (est. 2013)

UNCLASSIFIED Accreditation Per DoDI , 6(b) states "Quality Assurance. To ensure the family readiness services in section 3 of this enclosure meet national standards of quality, they shall be accredited or certified using standards developed by a national accrediting body not less than once every 4 years." NGB is currently using Council on Accreditation (CoA) for interested states to be accredited. FY13, KSNG participated in the Accreditation Pilot which helped inform the development of accreditation standards and documentation requirements for a Reserve Component organization. States currently undergoing accreditation: DC, FL, HI, ID, IN, IA, KY, MD, AM, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NM, NY, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OH, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV & WI

UNCLASSIFIED Accreditation Per DoDI , 6(b) states "Quality Assurance. To ensure the family readiness services in section 3 of this enclosure meet national standards of quality, they shall be accredited or certified using standards developed by a national accrediting body not less than once every 4 years." NGB is currently using Council on Accreditation (CoA) for interested states to be accredited. FY13, KSNG participated in the Accreditation Pilot which helped inform the development of accreditation standards and documentation requirements for a Reserve Component organization. States currently undergoing accreditation: DC, FL, HI, ID, IN, IA, KY, MD, AM, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NM, NY, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OH, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV & WI

UNCLASSIFIED Communications Social Media – Facebook (NG Family Programs, JCF, FMAP) – JSS Newsletter (quarterly) Data calls

UNCLASSIFIED Summary JFSAP JCF FMAP Accreditation Communications

UNCLASSIFIED National Guard Families –1.1M Family Members –409K Spouses –415K Children –54% of Army National Guard Members have Families –66% of Air National Guard Members have Families –43% of Those Families have Children – 9.4% Single Parents (45K Total, 33K Male, 12K Female)

UNCLASSIFIED NG Family Programs – 54 State Family Program Directors – 91 Airman & Family Readiness Program Managers – 350 Family Assistance Centers (Social Outreach) – 54 Family Readiness Support Assistants (Trainers) – 54 State Youth Coordinators – 145 Directors of Psychological Health (Counselors) – 15K Registered (Statutory) Volunteers

UNCLASSIFIED Family Program Challenges Geo dispersed