Exceptional Family Member Program

1. Exceptional Family Member Program Command Briefing

2. Briefing Overview • EFMP, its benefits and regulations • Mandatory enrollment • The functions of ACS EFMP and Medical EFMP • The Commander’s responsibility with EFMP

3. EFMP is: • A mandatory enrollment program • Comprehensive and coordinated community support • Helps identify Family Members with special needs • Assists personnel systems in making assignments • Ensures services are available to Family Members

4. Service Members who are required to be screened and if eligible enroll are: • Active Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines • Full time USAR Service members in the USAR AGR, serving under Title 10 and Title 32 • Service Members in the Army Married Couples Program, or branch equivalanet

5. Who Must Enroll? • EFMP enrollment is for anyone with an on-going medical, mental health or educational need.

6. Benefits of Enrollment • Housing accommodations • Information and referral resources • Respite care • Medical and educational advocacy • Support groups • TRICARE ECHO • Relocation assistance • Parent Training

7. Additional Benefits May Include: • Reduction of Family separations by assignments to supporting installations • Providing access to additional appropriate medical, mental health and educational services

8. Enrollment Consequences • Actual consequences and commander responsibility are found under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), Article 107 and Article 92

9. Enrollment Process • Medically screened at MTFs during routine and emergency visits • Educational screened when student receives services thorugn an IEP, 504 Plan or IFSP

10. What Happens Next? • DA Form 2792 (Medical Screening) completed • DA Form 2792-1 (Educational Screening) completed if necessary • Sent to EFMP Medical for enrollment

11. Compassionate Reassignment • DA Form 4187 Personnel Actions • DA Form 3739 Application for Compassionate Action

12. ACS and Medical Components • ACS EFMP Manager: information & referral, advocacy, support groups, respite care and relocation assistance • Medical EFMP Case Coordinator: initial screening, enrollment, updates, disenrollment, overseas screening

13. EFMP Myths • Only for extremely disabled • Negative impact on Service Member’s career • First priority for on-post housing • Physician enters medical information into computer • EFMP enrollment automatically updated • Service Member is non-deployable

14. EFMP Facts • For assignment purposes only • Confidential • Subject to unaccompanied tours world-wide • Service Member is responsible for enrollment and updates

15. Respite Care • Respite Care application • Family Needs Matrix • Respite Care Panel

16. For questions or additional information, contact the ACS EFMP Manager at x2145.