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With a population of 1.5 million active duty military members, each day around the globe, there are an estimated 540,000 active duty sponsors each caring for a family member with special medical or educational needs. STOMP is the only National Parent Training and Information Center for military families providing support and advice to military parents without regard of the type of medical condition their child has.

Parents of children with special needs face many challenges. Service in the military compounds the problems of: anxiety and isolation, financial stresses, navigating services and lack of information. Our hope is to provide family members with a connection to others and information by bridging the gap as we seek to empower individuals. Our commitment is to provide training, information and support so that you may be the best advocate for yourself and family members. With this blog, we hope to share our experiences, stories, tips and information about the challenges we face and the joys of having special needs family members. By sharing in our hopes and dreams, gaining support from others that have walked this same path, we can better see the light at the end of the tunnel and that the future is bright.

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The STOMP Staff

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August 21, 2014

Reports, Articles, and Regulations Related to Military Families Impacted by Disabilities


Reports, Articles, and Regulations Related to Military Families Impacted by Disabilities

Compiled by Jeremy Hilton. 1 July 2014 and Share with His Permission

TRICARE for Kids Reports

Military Special Needs Network:
Report on ECHO Program:
STOMP:
Maryland Coalition of Families for Children’s Mental Health: http://issuu.com/militaryspecialneedsnetwork/docs/mcf_tfk
Military Officer’s Association of America: http://issuu.com/militaryspecialneedsnetwork/docs/moaa_tfk
National Military Family Association: http://issuu.com/militaryspecialneedsnetwork/docs/tfk_nmfa
NCD Report: "How to Improve Access to Health Care, Special Education, and Long-Term Supports and Services for Family Members with Disabilities", http://www.ncd.gov/publications/2011/Nov282011
Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing: "Oversight: Military Families with Special Needs"

GAO Reports:

2007: GAO-07-317R "Medical, Family Support, and Educational Services Available for Exceptional Family
Members" http://www.gao.gov/assets/100/94715.pdf
2011: GAO-11-231, "EDUCATION OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS" http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-231
2012: GAO-12-680, "Better Oversight Needed to Improve Services for Children with Special Needs"
2013:GAO-13-165R, "Department of Defense Policies on Accommodating Children with Special Needs in Child Care Programs", http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-165R
2014: “More-Specific Guidance Needed for TRICARE's Managed Care Support Contractor Transitions”
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-505

Future DoD Reports:

Benchmark Study: This study analyzes existing military and civilian programs and policies to inform on best practices, determines expansion of existing programs through a family needs assessment, and develops evaluation metrics to determine family satisfaction. (Delayed)
Functional Analysis: This is a long-term project to analyze the current data and case management systems of each Military Service to determine whether a joint service system can be developed to network the Military Service systems and the military health system IT solutions.

Past Reports:

2005 “Medicaid’s Role in Treating Military Families”
2009 "National Leadership Summit on Military Families"
2010 "Report on the Impact of Deployment of Members of the Armed Forces on Their Dependent Children" (see pg 45-46)
2010 “Military Family Assessment” (see pg 37)
2011 "Annual Report to Congress on Plans for the Department of Defense for the Support of Military Family Readiness"
2011 “2011 Office of Special Needs Report to Congress related to 2011 NDAA”
2011 “Military Child and Special Education NDAA Study” http://issuu.com/jeremyhilton/docs/4-
ndaa_sec586_rpt_to_congress_9-27-11_final
2011 “Education Services for Military Dependent Children with Autism”

Air Force Reports

2009 Caring for People Conference Slides, http://issuu.com/jeremyhilton/docs/af_caring_for_people_2009
2010 Caring for People Conference Slides, http://issuu.com/jeremyhilton/docs/af_caring_for_people_2010
2009 DoD IG Complaint,

Findings

http://issuu.com/jeremyhilton/docs/air_force_ig_investigative_report_foia
Analysis of EFMP by Dr.Leslie Drinkwine:

Relevant Articles in the Press

2009: “The Military Child and Special Education” http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/mil.child.sped.exc.parent.pdf
2010: Washington Post “Military helps families find care for special-needs kids”
2010: Blog Post after Briefing of Congressional Military Family Caucus: http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/mil.children.barriers.htm
2010: Air Force Times Article related to IG Complaint:
2012: “EFMP –Moving beyond the Q code”
2013: Jeremy Hilton, Time: http://nation.time.com/2013/05/16/the-pentagons-letting-down-our-kids/
2013: Terri Barnes, Spouse Calls (Stars and Stripes...ABA Issue): http://www.stripes.com/blogs/spouse-calls/spouse-calls-1.9571/does-tricare-care-1.231861 (a number of great links included to other stories)

Applicable Statutes and Regulations

DoD Office of Special Needs (10 USC Sec. 1781c)
USMC EFMP: Google search for MCO 1754.4B
A number of other relevant service regulations: http://www.militaryonesource.mil/efmp/policy?content_id=267073

Websites to be familiar with (all have Facebook pages as well):

Military Special Needs Network: http://militaryspecialneedsnetwork.com/
American Military Families Autism Support: http://amfas.org/

Miscellaneous Issues/Reports/Articles

“Legal Issues Facing Military Families with Special Needs Children”: http://issuu.com/jeremyhilton/docs/legal_issues_facing_military_families  
RAND Study: “Effects of Soldiers' Deployment on Children's Academic Performance and Behavioral Health” (see pg 45) http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1095.html
Compiled by Jeremy Hilton, ktp1995@gmail.com or @jlrmhilton on Twitter.

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