Special Needs & Exceptional Family Member Resources 

The Angel Bus
Angel Bus is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to providing compassionate, non-emergency long-distance ground transportation to patients in need.  Angel Bus utilizes motor coaches and their volunteer drivers as well as commercial buses.

ActToday
ACT Today! (Autism Care and Treatment Today!), is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to raise awareness and provide treatment services to families that cannot afford the treatments and services their children require. Recognizing the extraordinary challenges military families experience (waging a battle on two fronts...one for their country and another for their children), ACT Today! for Military Families is a dedicated fund to assist military families impacted by autism. ACT Today! for Military Families works to improve awareness and delivery of effective autism services, and provides financial assistance to military families to help defray out-of-pocket costs associated with autism treatments and other quality of life programs.Watch this video and learn about how autism is affecting families in the military:

Armed Services YMCA
ASYMCA runs more than 150 programs around the world to ease the burden of the families of junior-enlisted military personnel.

Army MWR Child and Youth Services
CYS provides a host of programs and activities for military children of all ages.

Boys and Girls Clubs of America Military Support
Boys & Girls Clubs of America hoffers military children free programs and services at local off-base Clubs.

Easter Seals
Easter Seals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.

Extension/4-H Support for Military and Youth and Family Programs
4-H clubs offer programs in photography, computer technology, arts, and citizenship for military youth ages 5 -19. The goal is for military youth to join a 4-H club and to be able to continue their 4-H work wherever they move when their parents are deployed.

Kids.gov
Kids.gov is the official kids' portal for the U.S. government. It links to over 1,200 web pages from government agencies, schools, and educational organizations, all geared to the learning level and interest of kids.

Military Homefront's Special Needs/ Exceptional Family Member Program
This detail page discusses the focus and purpose of the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) as well as its personnel function and  family support function. This page also contains instructions on enrollment and links to the documents that need filled out on behalf of the exceptional family member for medical and educational use only.

National Flag Foundation
The Foundation's mission is to teach America's youth respect for the flag, pride in country and responsible citizenship. The Foundation provides educational materials and multimedia classroom resources to K-12 teachers throughout the world.

Our Military Kids
Provides tangible support  and grants to children of deployed National Guard and Military Reserve personnel, severely injured Servicemembers for extracurricular activities.