1. Building Healthy Military Communities (BHMC) Pilot
State Overview
Directions:
Enter State Name
Florida

2. State DoD/VA Asset Mapping
DoD/VA Support Services:
ARNG: Family Assistance Centers - #10
ANG: Airman and Family Readiness Centers - #1
USAR: Army Strong Community Centers - #1
US Army:
Army Community Service Center - #1
Army OneSource Community Coordinator - #1
USAREC: Soldier & Family Assistance Prg Mgrs - #0
Navy: Fleet & Family Support Centers - #5
Marine Corps:
Marine Cops Community Services - #0
Marine for Life Regional Network Coordinator - #0
Marine For Life Representatives - #0
Coast Guard: Office of Work Life (Family Support) - #2
OSD:
Military OneSource Coordinator - #1
Military & Family Life Consultants - #0
Personal Financial Counselors - #0
VA:
VA Hospitals - #7
Vet Centers - #26
MyVA Community - #0
Distance – 500 miles long; 160 miles wide at its most distant points; 12.5 hours to drive from tip to tip (Pensacola to Key West)
15 military instillations, no Army Bases.
Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation after California and Texas with more than 1.6 million veterans – 12 percent of the Sunshine State's population 18 and over. Wartime veterans make up about 75 percent of Florida's total veteran population (1.2 million).
Interesting trivia: everyone in FL lives no more than 1.5 hours from the ocean.
Attach a State specific map with locations of DoD assets identified with unique symbols for those your state has.
Delete from list any resource not available in your state.
Add DoD/VA additional resources if not listed.
The Soldier and Family Assistance (SFA) Program Manager
Fleet & Family Support Centers:
Marine for Life:
Legend
Air National Guard A&FRPM
Army National Guard FAC
State JFHQ’s

3. State & NG Demographics Florida
Total Number of
Army
Air Force
Marine Corp Reserves
Navy Reserves
Coast Guard Reserves
ARNG
USAR
ANG
Reserves
Military Members
9,914
10,326
2,024
6,522
1,422
4,508
870
Family Members
4,532
4,992
1,261
3,635
410
2,947
502
Child & Youth
8,090
8,899
2,221
6,315
558
5,662
838
Reserve Component
Total Number of
Army
Air Force
Marines Corps
Navy
Coast Guard
Military Members
5,576
21,837
4,151
27,388
4,572
Family Members
3,793
11,270
1,741
12,979
2,729
Child & Youth
7,783
19,185
2,864
21,180
4,204
Active Component
Directions:
Enter numbers in chart for:
Reserve Component
Active Component
All info found on DMDC
Enter total number of all veterans in your state.
Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation after California and Texas with more than 1.6 million veterans – 12 percent of the Sunshine State's population 18 and over. Wartime veterans make up about 75 percent of Florida's total veteran population (1.2 million).
Total Number of Veterans: 1,583,697
Sources: DMDC Report May 2016
DVA Web Site Jun 2012

4. Vacant (2) Website Developer
CPT Amy Green
State Family Programs Director
Laura Yates
Airman and FR Programs
Robert McGregor
FAC Lead
Carla Burttschell
Area 1 Advisor
Vacant (2)
Area 2 Advisor
Area 4 Advisor
Vacant
Area 5 Advisor
Area 6 Advisor
Website Developer
Kimberlee Nuquist
Area 8 Advisor
Area 7 Advisor
Jim & Barbara Rains
Special Projects
Chuck and Mary Anna Mohr
Angela Rivera
Area 8 FAC Specialist
Danny Luke
Area 3 FAC Specialist
Roseann Salsano
Zola Forret
Mike Ordetx
Area 6 FAC Specialist
VACANT
Area 2 FAC Specialist
Jean Endsley
Area 5 FAC Specialist
Gary Rogers
Area 1 FAC Specialist
Keith Ham
Survivor Outreach Specialist
Laura Vogel
Child and Youth Lead
SGT Grace Saez
State Family Program Assistant
Amanda Sands
Adult Advisor to YAC
Tiffany Thomas
Youth Advisory Council
Quinton Shepard
Michelle Gallant
Kai Anda
Ralph and Jean Pennington
Area 3 Advisor
Tony Rogers
Susie Fairchild
Area 4 FAC Specialist
Nancy Lay
Matthew Reeves
Survivor Outreach Specialist
Imani Graham
Child and Youth Coordinator
Lynn Stephens
CBJTC FRSA
Lori Culberson
Survivor Outreach Specialist
Saundra Lambert
83rd Troop Command FRSA
Janinie Cherrie
53rd IBCT FRSA
Cathy Wiegman
50th RSG FRSA
Steve Campos
JFHQ FRSA
Paige Rogers
Youth Advisory Council
Kristina Dunson
164th ADA FRSA
Paige Rogers
Youth Advisory Council
Beth McGregor
FRSA Trainer
Robert Jackson
Youth Advisory Council
Stewart Raiman
Area 7 FAC Specialist
Theo Wetzel
Youth Advisory Council

5. State Outreach Initiatives
Partnership & Money NG
Support Our Troops
Florida Defense Alliance
Florida Military Family &
Community Covenant
Faith Based Community
VSO’s
Regional Coalitions
SFPD
Help for Vets
Community
VISTA Tools
VISTA Campus
JCF/VISTA Guide
Local Guidelines
Leadership
TAG
SFPD
CNCS
Community
FL: Key Points:
Florida Military Family and Community Covenant was begun in Madison, FL in 2011; it inspired the Governor to designate April 17th as Florida Military Family and Community Covenant Day to recognize the sacrifice of Florida’s military and veteran Families. On April 17th,Community Covenant will be signed by the Governor encouraging communities to participate in the initiative.
Intent: By signing the Community Covenant it will inspire all 412 communities in Florida to heed the call to action to build coordinated, comprehensive support in each community for local military and veteran Families.
Purpose: Build community capacity and increase partnerships that directly benefit Service members, veterans and their Families across the state.
Focus Areas:
Inspire and engage small groups of civilians to create and implement a local holistic action plan to make a difference in the lives of military and veteran Families in their community.
Florida Military Family and Community Covenant will recruit Civilian Battle Advocacy Buddies (C.B.A.B’s), two per city to develop citizen battle buddies, who will be a passionate group of caregivers to provide localized support and assistance to those needing assistance.
Outcome
ISFAC – JCFP -
Building Community
Capacity -
BHMC Pilot Program
Supervision
Of VISTA’s
TBD

6. Exceptional Family Members
Identified Gaps
Employment
Underemployment
Financial Education
Legal Resources
Exceptional Family Members
Way Ahead-Identification of resources regionally, counties, and non-profits/for profits
Directions:
Employment
Service members lost their job prior to or during deployment due to company downsizing because of the economy. In a few locations, leadership identified that mid and senior leadership has a difficult time with employment commensurate with their level of expertise in areas such as Miami. There are no solid statistics for underemployment since it's not tracked. The Florida National Guard and Reserve components continue to report this area as a need.
• Collaborate with military leaders and service providers to promote Military OneSource employment resources.
• Locate local employment resources available to service members and their families.
Financial
Financial education on basic budgeting, managing a checking account, savings and loans: car, Caution-home. Service and family members are unaware of financial counseling and planning services. The Family Assistance Center specialist have report that education is required for new recruits and seasoned service and family members. .
• Provide finance related resources to state contacts through outreach at least once monthly.
• Promote Military OneSource resources and financial counseling and planning available at events and meetings.
• Conduct at least six webinars focusing on financial services or specific topics based on needs identified by the State Family program director or the units.
Legal
State Family Program Director and Reserve units have identified civil and family law as a need. They can only utilize active duty legal assistance only when activated under title 10 orders.
• Compile a list of military friendly legal resources starting with the top 12 of 67 counties based on military population.
• Educate on the legal information on Military OneSource and the Armed Forces Legal Assistance website.
Children/Youth
• Military families, active duty, National Guard and reserve families not identifying themselves as military.
• Schools are not aware of programs for military kids.
• National Guard families do not have the same level of services as the active duty component for medical since they're not usually eligible for Tricare Extended Care Health Option (ECHO) program and there is no mandate to enroll in the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
• Collaborate with community service to locate special needs resources.
• Create a special needs resource list and share with Guard and Reserve contacts.
• Share Military OneSource education and EFMP resources with military and civilian service providers at least quarterly.
Educating, inspiring, convicing, forming…are all difficult but once the network is in place and they see the difference they make it all comes together
Sustaining the networks - not for profit will assist
Recognition was important – Governor's Office very supportive
Connecting with service members, veterans, and their Families, but joining forces with the Governor's Faith Based Community Based Counsel has helped