Military OneSource is a

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program that provides resources and support to active-duty,

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service members and their families anywhere in the world. The program is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at no cost to users.

Services

Military OneSource services include: * A 24-hour call center staffed with master's-level consultants familiar with the military lifestyle. They answer questions and provide resources and referrals on everyday issues such as finding child care, dealing with stress, helping children deal with a parent's deployment, reunion and reintegration after combat duty, making a PCS move, creating a budget, caring for older relatives, making large-scale consumer purchases, and finding services in the local and military communities. * Specialized consultations by phone in the areas of special-needs family members, personal finances, and education. Speciality consultants have focused training in their consultation areas. * Face-to-face counseling sessions in the user's community designed to address short-term, non-medical needs. Examples include concerns related to parenting, relationships, stress, deployment, and reunion and reintegration after deployment. Counseling sessions are also available online or by phone * The Military OneSource website provides information to service members and their families in multiple formats, including audios, articles, checklists, organizers, booklets, DVDs,

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s * Access to the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts (MyCAA) program, which provides financial assistance to military spouses pursuing degrees, licenses, or certification leading to employment in portable career fields * Personalized health coaching by phone Military OneSource services supplement existing service-branch and installation resources. Language-interpretation services are available. Service members and their families can access the program at www.MilitaryOneSource.mil or by calling 1-800-342-9647. International dialing instructions are also listed on the website.

Administration

Military OneSource is administered as a commercial

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in 2011.

References

External links

Military OneSource website
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