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·         State and county Extension staff, community agencies, schools, and 4-H Club youth are reaching out to military youth…before, during and after their parents are deployed.  This outreach effort is called Operation: Military Kids. 
Annual Report (PDF)

 

·         A healthy parenting toolkit from ParentLink to help you talk about deployment, relocation, dangerous work, times of crisis, and other general parenting topics. ParentLink – support for military families

 

·         Operation: Military Kids National Website http://www.operationmilitarykids.org

 

·         Money Matters:  Family Finances from MissouriFamilies.org http://missourifamilies.org/features/financearticles/index.htm

 

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O:MK Core Partners

 

·         Army Child & Youth Services (CYS) http://www.armymwr.com/portal/family/childandyouth

 

·         Navy Child & Youth Programs
https://qol.persnet.navy.mil/CYPWeb/Web/Home/Home.aspx

·         Air Force Youth Programs
http://www.afyouthprograms.com

·         U.S. Marine Corps Children, Youth & Teen Programs
http://www.usmc-mccs.org/cyt/

·         National 4-H Headquarters
http://www.national4-hheadquarters.gov/

·         The American Legion
http://www.legion.org

 

·         Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA)
http://www.bgca.org

·         Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)
http://www.militarychild.org

·         National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
http://www.NACCRRA.org

Reduce Your Child Care Costs During Deployment (PDF)

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More O:MK Resources (listed alphabetically)

·         4-H Military Partnerships
http://www.4-hmilitarypartnerships.org

·         Academy for Educational Development, Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
http://www.aed.org

 

·         Air Force
http://www.afcrossroads.com

 

·         America Supports You
http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/

·         American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org

·         American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
http://www.aaets.org

 

·         American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org

 

·         American School Counselor Association http://www.schoolcounselor.org/index.asp

 

·         Army Integrated Family Support Network
http://www.myarmylifetoo.com

·         Army MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation)
http://www.armymwr.com

·         Army Reserve Family Programs
http://www.arfp.org

 

·         Army's Virtual Family Readiness Group
http://www.armyfrg.org

·         Association of the United States Army (AUSA)
http://www.ausa.org

 

·         Child Care Aware
http://www.childcareaware.org

 

·         Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org

·         Community Youth Mapping
http://www.communityyouthmapping.org

 

·         CYFERnet-Chiidren, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network
http://www.cyfernet.org

·         Department of Defense Deployment LINK (Deployment Health Support) http://www.deploymentlink.osd.mil

·         Department of Defense Dictionary of Military Terms
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict

 

·         Department of Defense Educational Opportunities http://www.militarystudent.org

 

·         Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil

·         Deployment Support Link
http://www.deploymentlink.osd.mil

·         Hooah4Health
http://hooah4health.com/

·         Marine Corps Community Services
http://www.usmc-mccs.org

 

·         Military Homefront
http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil

·         Military Impacted Schools Association http://www.militaryimpactedschoolsassociation.org

 

·         Military One Source
http://www.militaryonesource.com

·         Military Student in Transition and Deployment. http://www.militarystudent.org

 

·         Military Teens on the Move (MTOM)
http://www.defenselink.mil/mtom

 

·         My Army Benefits
http://myarmybenefits.us.army.mil

 

·         My Army Life Too
http://www.myarmylifetoo.com

 

·         National 4-H Council
http://www.fourhcouncil.edu

 

·         National After School Organization
http://www.naaweb.org

 

·         National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org

·         National Association of School Psychologists
http://www.nasponline.org

·         National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/

 

·         National Guard Family Programs
http://www.guardfamily.org

 

·         National Military Family Association
http://www.nmfa.org

 

·         Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org

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Ready, Set, Go Manual Resources
(documents are downloadable in Word format)


Your Soldier, Your Army: A Parents' Guide (cover) (PDF 274KB)
Your Soldier, Your Army: A Parents' Guide (complete text) (PDF 416KB)


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Contact
For information about becoming a partner or a Youth Communications Tech Team member with Missouri O:MK, contact Joan Zeller, zellerc@missouri.edu or 660-232-1485.


Operation: Military Kids is provided by Army Child & Youth Services in partnership with National 4-H Headquarters, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, US Department of Agriculture.  The project is working to ease the stress of deployed or returning National Guard and Reserve children. 

 

Last Revised 28-May-08

 

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