Recipient Organization
TEXAS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
(N/A)
COLLEGE STATION,TX 77843
Performing Department
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Non Technical Summary
Fort Bliss is one of the fastest growing Army installations due to the base closure and realignments that are currently underway with the military. Through the Interservioe Support Agreement with Extension and Ft. Bliss Army Community Service the following will be provided for military families for the year. Extension Agents will provide educational programming to families in the following areas: Child and Spouse Abuse Prevention, Exceptional Family Member Program, Mobilization and Deployment focusing on Family Readiness Groups, Family Member Empployment, Relocation readiness, Financial Readiness and the Volunteer program at Ft. Bliss. Programs provide but not limited to in the area of Family Advocacy are: Army regulated awareness classes on the recognition of child and spouse abuse, reintegration training for returning soldiers and their families, pre-deployment trainings as needed, parenting skilss, couples communication, stress management, passenger safety, educational playgroups, and hospital visits to new parents to provide educational materials. Programming in the area of Family Member Employment consist of resume development, job search skills, interviewing techniques and other topics to provide military family members with the best possible advantages in seeking employment in the Ft. Bliss/El Paso area. Financil education for soldiers and family memebers is a core program at Army Community Service. Classses are taught weekly on topics such as planning and budgeting, debt management, saving and investing and specialized toopics such as ID theft and home buying. Consumer programs are also provided in community campaigns throughout the year. Mobilization and Deployment are major issues in the military and as such an Extension Agent at Ft. Bliss provides educational programming and oversight of Family Readiness Groups. They provide programming on rules and regulations of an FRG for leaders and members. Family Readiness Groups are vital to the support of soldiers and families. Relocation Readiness is an important core service of Army Community Servcie nad Extension provides assistance to this program through information and referral and assistance with front line support to the agency and families of Ft. Bliss. The Exceptional Family member program assists families with special needs to access services and programs that will best meet their special needs. The Extension Agent has developed progrsms for specific aliments, following procedures for military families with special needs and has been able to save military family fees with registering for services. Volunteering is the core of all Army Community Service programs. That is the reason that the agency was founded. Originally it was all run by volunteers. The Extension Agent that provides programming for the recruitment, training, placing and recognition of volunteers throughout the Post provides continuing training, assistance to agencies on the installation that has volunteers and is in charge of the implementation and execution of the Volunteer of the Year Ceremony for the Ft. Bliss community.
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Goals / Objectives
Fort Bliss is one of the fastest growing Army installations due to the base closure and realignments that are currently underway with the military. Through the Interservioe Support Agreement with Extension and Ft. Bliss Army Community Service the following will be provided for military families for the year. Extension Agents will provide educational programming to families in the following areas: Child and Spouse Abuse Prevention, Exceptional Family Member Program, Mobilization and Deployment focusing on Family Readiness Groups, Family Member Empployment, Relocation readiness, Financial Readiness and the Volunteer program at Ft. Bliss. Programs provide but not limited to in the area of Family Advocacy are: Army regulated awareness classes on the recognition of child and spouse abuse, reintegration training for returning soldiers and their families, pre-deployment trainings as needed, parenting skilss, couples communication, stress management, passenger safety, educational playgroups, and hospital visits to new parents to provide educational materials. Programming in the area of Family Member Employment consist of resume development, job search skills, interviewing techniques and other topics to provide military family members with the best possible advantages in seeking employment in the Ft. Bliss/El Paso area. Financil education for soldiers and family memebers is a core program at Army Community Service. Classses are taught weekly on topics such as planning and budgeting, debt management, saving and investing and specialized toopics such as ID theft and home buying. Consumer programs are also provided in community campaigns throughout the year. Mobilization and Deployment are major issues in the military and as such an Extension Agent at Ft. Bliss provides educational programming and oversight of Family Readiness Groups. They provide programming on rules and regulations of an FRG for leaders and members. Family Readiness Groups are vital to the support of soldiers and families. Relocation Readiness is an important core service of Army Community Servcie nad Extension provides assistance to this program through information and referral and assistance with front line support to the agency and families of Ft. Bliss. The Exceptional Family member program assists families with special needs to access services and programs that will best meet their special needs. The Extension Agent has developed progrsms for specific aliments, following procedures for military families with special needs and has been able to save military family fees with registering for services. Volunteering is the core of all Army Community Service programs. That is the reason that the agency was founded. Originally it was all run by volunteers. The Extension Agent that provides programming for the recruitment, training, placing and recognition of volunteers throughout the Post provides continuing training, assistance to agencies on the installation that has volunteers and is in charge of the implementation and execution of the Volunteer of the Year Ceremony for the Ft. Bliss community.
Project Methods
Lectures, series, classes, briefings, workshops, tours, playgroups, displays, educational handouts, seminars, community campaigns Classes are evaluated on knowledge increase and skills learned and implemented.