Educational

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• NCPTSD: Family and Friends: This section of the National Center for PTSD website provides information about the effects of trauma on families, children, relationships and communities. You can find information on: Helping a Family Member Who Has PTSD; Children Coping with Deployment; Children and Teens: Web Resources; and more.

Depression

• Families for Depression Awareness*: Families for Depression Awareness helps families recognize and cope with depressive disorders to get people well and prevent suicides.

Parenting

• Zero to Three*: Zero to Three's Coming Together Around Military Families initiative works to strengthen the resilience of young children and families who are impacted by deployment-related issues. Operation New Dawn provides reintegration resources to support military families with young children. 
• Military HOMEFRONT*: Provides up-to-date information about Department of Defense programs serving troops and their families. Of particular interest, may be the Parent Fact Sheets* which cover the periods of pre-deployment, deployment and reunion.
• Military Child Education Coalition*: A nonprofit focused on ensuring quality educational opportunities for all military-connected children affected by mobility, family separation, and transition.

Military Families

• Coaching Into Care: A VA program that offers advice on how to best talk to your Veteran. The program offers the following free services: encouragement and information about getting an evaluation and services, referrals to services for Veterans and their family members and family member coaching to motivate Veterans for evalutation/consultation.
• Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Families of Military Personnel: As a military family member you want to understand what to expect during reintegration following time in a war zone, and to help your loved one adapt back to home life. Reintegration is an adjustment for all involved. This guide aims to make this process as smooth as possible.
• Deployment Health and Family Readiness Library*: Provides resources on topics related to Financial Readiness, Household & Property Readiness, Legal Readiness, Personal & Family Readiness and Readiness Contacts.
• Military Families Knowledge Bank*: Provides resources designed to assist Military Family Members and their Health Care and Service Providers.

Web Resources

• MakeTheConnection.net: Visit this site to view stories from Veterans’ family members who have supported their Veterans and helped them find resources for overcoming mental health challenges. MakeTheConnection.net is a one-stop resource where Veterans and their families and friends can privately explore information on mental health issues, hear fellow Veterans and their families share their stories of resilience, and easily find and access the support and resources they need.
  • Watch video testimonials from families and friends of Veterans, hear how they overcame mental health challenges, and to find information and resources for support.
  
  
• Coaching Into Care: A VA program that offers advice on how to best talk to your Veteran. The program offers the following free services: encouragement and information about getting an evaluation and services, referrals to services for Veterans and their family members and family member coaching to motivate Veterans for evalutation/consultation.
• Give an Hour*: Provides free mental health services to US military personnel and families affected by the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Joint Service Support: Local Community Resource Finder*: A local community resource finder that can help you located a Family Program Team, Transition Assistance Advisor and more (serves all components and branches of the military and their family members).
• Military OneSource: A 27/7 Resource of Military Members, Spouses & Families*: Military OneSource is provided by the Department of Defense at no cost to active duty, Guard and Reserve (regardless of activation Status) and their families. It is a virtual extension of installation services. Visit today or call 1-800-342-9647.
• Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA)*: A public voice for caregivers. Their programs (information, education, services, research and advocacy) support and sustain the important work of families nationwide caring for loved ones with chronic, disabling health conditions.