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Children and Young Ones
Browse our large catalogue of resources the families of the deployed can use.
Organization | Service | Requirements | Phone |
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Babies on the Homefront: | App that offers an array of written and video information to share with families, including behavior tips, parent-child activities, and parental self-care strategies. | Military and veteran parents of young children | 1-202-638-1144 |
Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) | Club Experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors, with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character, and living a healthy lifestyle. | All Kids | (404) 487-5700 |
Build A Sign | Free, 100% customizable banners for families celebrating the homecoming of a deployed loved one. | Service Member coming home | Website only |
ChildCare Aware (Home Station AGRs and Technicians) | Access to a high-quality, affordable child care system. | Military Families and DoD | (703) 341-4100 |
Daddy Dolls | Provides unique, high quality comfort items to families who can’t be together for whatever reason. | None | (231) 268-3100 |
H.E.R.O.E.S Care: | Provides emergency financial aid, employment opportunities, and mental health care services through a network of specially trained care givers before, during, and after deployment. | Military Families and Communities | (636) 600-0096 |
Hearts Apart Photography | Newborn photos (to those whose deployed member cannot be home for the birth due to military obligations). | Deployed while baby is born | team@heartsapart.org. |
Military Child Education Coalition | Ensures inclusive, quality educational opportunities for all military-connected children affected by mobility, transition, deployments and family separation. | Everyone | (254) 953-1923 |
Military Impacted Schools Association | A national organization of school superintendents. Serving school districts with a high concentration of military children. | Military Families and Communities | 800-291-6472 |
Military Kids Connect | Interactive website that helps children of deployed parents cope with the stress, changing responsibilities, and concern for the safety of their parents. | Deployment | website only |
National Child Traumatic Stress Network | Provides information and resources about services for traumatized children, their families, and communities. | ||
Our Military Kids Grant | Grants to National Guard service members that can be used to cover the cost of program fees, equipment, uniforms, or even lessons for that activity. | National Guard members that are involved in sports or extracurricular activities during deployment of 120 days or longer. | (703) 734-6654 |
Sesame Street’s Workshop “Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments, Homecomings, Changes” | Supports military families with children between the ages of 2 and 5 as they cope with the feelings, challenges and concerns experienced during different phases of deployment. | Children | 212-595-3456 |
Tutor.com | 24 hour tutoring for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. | All Military, DoD | 800-411-1970 |
United Through Reading Program | Uniting Military Families facing physical separation by facilitating the bonding experience of reading aloud. | Deployed | 858.481.7532 |
YMCA/DOD Military Outreach Initiative: | Offers memberships and respite child care services to eligible military families and personnel through the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Military Outreach Initiative. | Families of Deployed National Guard and Reserve, Active Duty Assigned to Independent Duty Locations, Relocated Spouses of Deployed Active Duty Personnel, Community-Based Wounded Transition Units, and Respite Childcare | (703) 455-3986 x 208 |
HearthMath | Empowers people to self-regulate their emotions and behaviors to reduce stress, increase resilience, and unlock their natural intuitive guidance for making more effective choices. | Everyone | (800) 450-9111 |
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