Military-Connected Resources
Academic/Education Support Resources
- Army Educational Outreach Program
- DoDEA
- Khan Academy
- Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (PDF)
- Military Dependent Scholarship Resources
- School Liaison Officer Directory Worldwide
- Tutor.Com for Military
Mental Health Resources
Military Families Resource Center - American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
The AACAP website provides information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families, to include the following:
- Children and Grief
- News and Children
- Sleep Problems
- School Refusal
- Military Families: Coming Home
- Military Families
- Stress Management and Teens
- Terrorism and War: How to Talk to Children
- Anxiety and Children
- Depression in Children and Teens
The Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)® offers parent workshops via webinar to support parents who are remote or not located near a major military installation. Webinars are presented live usually on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Noon EST. Participants must register in advance for the live webinar presentation. To a view a listing and description of upcoming MCEC® webinars, please visit the link below:
Register for MCEC® Parent Webinars
Military Family Life Counselors (MFLC) provide free confidential non-medical counseling to eligible military families. There are multiple ways to access MFLC services.
- Military OneSource 800-342-9647
- Military Family Life Counselor (MFLC) Quantico 703-414-9888; 571-414-1210
- Fort Belvoir 703-414-9887; 703-201-9697; 703-785-2701
- Medal of Honor Character Development Program
- Military Child Education Coalition
- Military-Connected Youth in Your School and Community
- Military Impacted Schools Association (MISA)
- PWCS Military Student Families
- Veterans Day (PDF)
- The Virginia Purple Star Designation Program for Schools
- VDOE Guidance Documents and Training Materials
- Chameleon Kids
- Military Kids Connect
- Our Military Kids
- Sesame Street for Military Families
- United Through Reading
- A Military Family's Guide to School Transitions (PDF)
- A Military Parent's Guide to School Policies & Transitions (PDF)
- Barry Robinson Center - A Behavioral Health System for Youth located in Norfolk, VA (Only serves military connected youth ages 6-17 with mental health issues including a dual diagnosis program for substance abuse.)
- Blue Star Families
- Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP). MCCS Quantico
- FOCUS (Families Overcoming Under Stress) @ Marine Corps Base Quantico
- Fort Belvoir Family and MWR
- Impact Aid Program
- Marine Corps Base Quantico Community Services
- Military Child Education Coalition
- Military Impacted Schools Association (MISA)
- Military One Source
- National Museum of the Marine Corps - Kids & Families
- Operation Purple
- USO Warrior and Family Center - Fort Belvoir