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Air Force Caring for People Top 11 Initiatives Integrity - Service - Excellence
Overview • Develop ideas in targeted areas to benefit The Air Force Family •Deployment Support •Family Support •Single Airmen Support •School Support
•Guard and Reserve Support •Special Needs Support 3
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Working Group Duties •
Analyze SWOT – Perform analysis on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing a focus area
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Generate Themes – Transform analysis into themes
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Develop Initiatives (8) – Transform themes into initiatives
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Select Initiatives – Present to large group for voting
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Family Support Capt. Sundonia J. Wonnum Family Advocacy Officer Kadena Air Base Integrity - Service - Excellence
Family Support TITLE: Fenced Integrated Delivery System Funding SCOPE: • No dedicated Integrated Delivery System (IDS) funds • Agencies using own funds to support initiatives • Affects quality of services for Airman and families RECOMMENDATION: • Budgeted funds at Headquarters Air Force • Fencing of funds at all levels
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Family Support TITLE: Lets Talk Technology SCOPE: • Lack of centralization / uniformity in information dissemination • Not using popular communication tools • Affects opportunities to reach Air Force community RECOMMENDATION: • Create social marketing plan for military technical resources • Fund a webmaster for each base to build/maintain
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Special Needs Child Support Capt Kraig Smith Chaplain FE Warren AFB Integrity - Service - Excellence
Special Needs Child Support TITLE: Establish resources for effective special needs program SCOPE: • Lack of dedicated resources to provide a systematic AF approach for offering special needs support and services (i.e. manpower, funding, space, etc) RECOMMENDATION: • Build resource requirement into POM (FY11) for manning, funding, etc. • Establish a position description outlining requirements for AF special needs support program Integrity - Service - Excellence
Guard and Reserve Family Support Ms. Denise Rampolla Wing Family Program Coordinator 153rd AW WYANG (Cheyenne) Integrity - Service - Excellence
Guard and Reserve Family Support TITLE: Permanent Equitable Resources (Funding/Manpower) for Guard and Reserve Airman and Family Services SCOPE: We have one Family Program Coordinator in each Air Guard Wing and fewer in the Air Force Reserve • We are trying to provide EVERYTHING our Active Duty counterparts do with a full staff .. We sometimes fall short of the goal • Frequently we have to be REACTIVE when we would prefer to be PROACTIVE! RECOMMENDATION: • Expand Reserve Forces Airman and Family Services • Ensure “POM” includes resources for Guard and Reserve Integrity - Service - Excellence
Guard and Reserve Family Support TITLE: Erase discrepancies to access services SCOPE: Guard/Reserve deploy and fight with active duty while continuing to support missions at home base; members/ families face same stressors and challenges as active duty families yet access to benefits/services are limited or non existent • Lack of access to Air Force Aid Society funds impacts mission readiness • Late orders cause lapse in TRICARE benefits • Gaps in child care caused by connection to duty status RECOMMENDATION: • Eliminate active duty status tied to benefits/entitlements/ resources • Create Guard/Reserve Financial Aid program • Eliminate ties to orders/DEERS to access TRICARE Integrity - Service - Excellence
Deployment Support LtCol Robert Rottschafer Mental Health Flight Commander Kirtland AFB Integrity - Service - Excellence
Deployment Support TITLE: De-stigmatize Mental Health SCOPE: • People are not pursuing help/treatment due to negative effects of labeling and identifying those who seek Mental Health assistance RECOMMENDATION: • High level review of policies and processes making it as “safe” to go to a Mental Health provider as any other health care provider • Embed Mental Health providers at unit level Integrity - Service - Excellence
Deployment Support TITLE: Family Separation Continuum of Care SCOPE: • Need to coordinate all services and agencies throughout the mobilization /deployment cycle • Gaps in services and communication culture of our communities has changed RECOMMENDATION: • Create base-level mobilization/deployment cycle support coordinator • Leadership to enable agencies and family members access to latest technology Integrity - Service - Excellence
Schools Support Else Milner Interim Flight Chief, Airman and Family Services Davis Montham AFB Integrity - Service - Excellence
Schools Support TITLE: AF Centrally Funded School Liaison Position SCOPE: • No central funding for CONUS and OCONUS bases • Not a line item in Unit Manpower Document • Identified need for education transition assistance • Military Families and children impacted by high ops tempo • Families continue to struggle as they transition to new schools RECOMMENDATION: • Centrally fund and validate manpower requirements for School Liaison position for each installation • Provide appropriate policy and guidance to include • Alignment under MSG Integrity - Service - Excellence
Single Airman Support TSgt Kanisha Carson Mental Health Technician Incirlik AB, Turkey Integrity - Service - Excellence
Single Airman Support TITLE: The Voice of the Single Airman SCOPE: Single Airman want to be Heard, Understood and Acknowledged • Limited voice creates barriers to communication, lack of a sense of community which affects retention and recruitment
RECOMMENDATION: • USAF level Single Airmen Summit creating initiatives • Modify Army BOSS Program to meet AF needs • Change AFI 90-501 CAIB/IDS to include Single Airman as core members
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Single Airman Support TITLE: Single Airman Coordinator (SAC) “Not an additional duty” SCOPE: Single Airmen are often overlooked in community programs which leads to a sense of isolation and discontent. • The needs and wants of Single Airmen deserve a focus • This will increase retention, increase mission readiness and enhance well being RECOMMENDATION: • Establish a Single Airman Coordinator (SAC) funded position, with the initial focus First Term Airmen (includes Officers) , long term focus is deployed Single Airmen
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Single Airman Support TITLE: From Sponsorship to Mentorship SCOPE: Single Airman lack a sense of community support • No sense of belonging leads to loss of Airmen and trouble off base • Affects can be felt by every Single Airman, base and USAF at large RECOMMENDATION: • Provide written guidance and utilize media to emphasize intentional sponsorship and mentorship of Single Airman • Official Air Force Adopt-An-Airman program • Warm handoff from Sponsorship to Mentorship mode Integrity - Service - Excellence
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Family Support TITLE: Targeted Local Needs Assessment SCOPE: • Too many surveys • Timeliness makes data less relevant
• Negative effects • Leadership, helping agencies, community ability to effect change
RECOMMENDATION: • Develop more efficient Air Force survey process • Develop survey template/tools to assess local needs
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Family Support TITLE: Encourage Partnerships with External Agencies SCOPE: • Diminishing internal Air Force resources • Need for relevant family services • Promote Air Force Esprit-do-corp RECOMMENDATION: • Establish Air Force public affairs campaign • Revise Community Action Information Board/Integrated Delivery Service to direct external partnerships
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Family Support TITLE: Build Sense of Community SCOPE: • Lost sense of community • Prevents cohesion and decreases retention • Entire Air Force community affected RECOMMENDATION: • Redefine community • Build standardized self-help resources • Revitalize sponsorship programs • Standardize ‘dot-com’ with local information Integrity - Service - Excellence
Family Support TITLE: Caring for people: taking our services to the streets SCOPE: • Services not available where people/community are • Lack of knowledge/marketing + time constraints • Affects community and staff RECOMMENDATION: • Implement mobile services • Individualized needs assessment
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Family Support TITLE: Community Helping the Community SCOPE: • People unwilling to work “uncommon tour of duty” • If roles defined – not being followed by Integrated Delivery Service/Community Action Information Board • Limits ability to offer programs RECOMMENDATION: • Invigorate the Community Action Information Board
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Family Support TITLE: Back to the Future SCOPE: • Military pride/culture/esprit de corp lost • Disconnected from legacy • Affects leadership, military members, families • Lost sense of community and unity RECOMMENDATION: • Funding/implementing family wingman day • Fund/bring back dining-ins/outs, balls, retreats Integrity - Service - Excellence
Special Needs Child Support TITLE: Service Delivery and Availability SCOPE: - Special needs population subjected to inconsistent services (military branches, installations, states, school districts) - Families denied appropriate care which potentially impedes the mission - Potential non-compliance with federal statutes
RECOMMENDATION: Establish corporate policy to develop and enforce a comprehensive delivery system
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