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Deployment Process Collaboration Focus: Reintegration OCTOBER 2003 MEETING CDR Kevin Kennedy for FLEET and FAMILY SUPPORT DIVISION (PERS-66). CURRENT ACTIVITIES. Apr-Aug 2003 Deployment/Mobilization Activities 23,100 sessions; 220,500 service contacts
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Deployment Process Collaboration Focus: Reintegration OCTOBER 2003 MEETING CDR Kevin Kennedy for FLEET and FAMILY SUPPORT DIVISION (PERS-66) 1
CURRENT ACTIVITIES • Apr-Aug 2003 Deployment/Mobilization Activities • 23,100 sessions; 220,500 service contacts • Return and Reunion briefs highest in May • Requests for counseling for families and children peaked in July • Ombudsman training, consultation and supportive services remains constant as FFSC supported Navy’s front-line family support volunteers 2
SUCCESS STORIES • Fleet and Family Support Centers (FFSCs) met all Fleet requests for Return & Reunion (R/R) Teams • R/R briefs for 18K Sailors peaked in May 03 due to significant returns from extended deployments • Individual, marital and family counseling services provided at FFSCs as priority for returning Sailors and family members • Requests for counseling for families and children have remained both strong and constant • Requests for counseling peaked in Mar 03 with another major increase in Jul 03 following ship returns 3
PREPARING THE FAMILIES • Continuing on the Home Front • Homecoming/R&R activities/briefings for Family Support Groups • Ombudsman Consultation • Support to Family Support Groups • Follow-on FFSC services • New initiatives and prevention services 4
CHALLENGES andLESSONS LEARNED • Significant Challenges met • Managed surge in demand for all deployment related services (including R/R) within existing budgets • Met increased demand for all other FFSC services within existing budgets • Lessons learned • Provide teacher, school counselor and student briefs on war time deployment & military families • Increased demand for Ombudsmen training and special briefs as the critical link between war time deployed commands & families at home 5
MOBILIZEDRESERVISTS SUPPORT • FFSC briefs at Navy Mobilization Processing Sites (NMPS) • Mobilization • Demobilization • Reserve and Reserve Family Support • FFSCs • Web Sites • Reserve Ombudsman Support 6