FREE Resouce for Families: Military OneSource

Take advantage of a free resource designed to help military families have all the information they need to make informed decisions and handle any issues that arise before they become a problem.

 

Military OneSource provides the following list of some issues they can help you with: 

• Counseling services for personal and relationship issues
•  face-to-face with a trained counselor in your area
• via telephone with a Military OneSource consultant 
• online in a secure real-time "chat" format with a Military OneSource consultant 
• Child care and parenting issues
• Deployment and reunion issues
• Education. 
• K-12 
• College 
• Special needs
• Spouse training, education, and career 
• Elder care issues
• Money matters
• Legal issues
• Violence and trauma
• Relocation
• Transition to civilian life
• Healthy habits 
• Consumer issues and travel
• Translation assistance
• Language interpretation

Military OneSource is a FREE service provided by the Department of Defense to active duty, Guard and Reserve service members and their families (Retiring and separating service members are eligible for six months following their separation.). Master’s-level consultants provide assistance and resources for numerous issues. Help and information are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. If the consultants, most of whom have military experience and all of whom have been trained on military culture, don’t know the answer to your question, they’ll find it.

 

Services are available online and by phone. Free counseling services (up to 12 sessions per person, per issue), can be accessed face-to-face in the local community, by telephone, and online. Consultants answer the phone “live” and respond to e-mailed questions. They will also follow up with you to make sure you received the answers you need.

 

To talk to a consultant dial 1-800-342-9647. He or she will listen to concerns, discuss them with you, and then help assess the situation. The consultant will go over a privacy statement with you to let you know about confidentiality. In most cases, your interactions will be kept private and confidential. Some of the actions your consultant can take include:
• helping you make a plan to resolve your issues or concerns
• providing customized research
• referring you to resources in your community
• referring you to a specialist or counselor online or in your area for short-term counseling, and
• sending you helpful materials.

 

You can also visit the website, www.MilitaryOneSource.com . There you will find numerous resources which you can view online, order to be mailed, or download - all free of charge. Online resources include: articles, CDs, booklets, videos, search tools, calculators, quizzes and assessments, discussion boards and webinars.