FAMILY & SPOUSE RESOURCES
CAREER & EDUCATION
MilSpouse ASCEND is the newest program from The ASCEND Collective designed exclusively for military spouses like you! Whether you’re navigating frequent relocations, reentering the workforce, or looking to leverage your unique skills, this course is here to help you overcome barriers and thrive in your career journey.
This FREE program focuses on personal branding, resource referrals, and skills-based career matching to connect you with meaningful employment opportunities tailored to your strengths
The Operation New Uniform (ONU) Spouse Program is a 6-week course, designed to provide military and Veteran spouses with techniques, behaviors and attitudes needed to obtain fulfilling careers. The course is offered in a hybrid format where students can attend either in-person or virtually.
Take 90 seconds to answer a short set of questions. This AI/ML-driven tool shows you jobs you are qualified for by functional area, geographic area, and skills. This can reduce the job search from week to seconds. Many transitioning Rangers are looking to move toward careers that will require some training or education. There is a tool inside Vetlign that shows any/all gaps between where you are today and any desired job. Regardless if you want to become a HVAC tech or a Cybersecurity professional, Vetlign will show you a personalized path to your objective. Click here to get started!
MyCAA is a great option for military spouses looking to further their education. The My Career Advancement Account Scholarship is open to spouses of active duty service members in pay grades E-1 to E-6, W-1 to W-2 and O-1 to O-3 who have successfully completed high school and have the ability to request tuition assistance while their military sponsor is on Title 10 military orders.
Additionally, under the new initiative, military spouses in pay grades E-6 and O-3 can now access financial assistance to earn a license, certification or associate degree.
There are more than 600,000 active-duty spouses who struggle to focus on their own career development due to underemployment, relocations and spouse deployments. In our Spouse Program, ACP hand-selects a Mentor for each spouse Protégé for year-long, customized, one-on-one mentorship. The pair will connect on honing professional development skills, networking and managing employment gaps.
The VAUSA® team works one-on-one with clients to match them with virtual assistants as independent contractors and also recruits candidates for businesses looking to hire remote part- or full-time employees. They provide administrative, marketing, creative design, and recruiting support services through their team of virtual assistants and other talented professionals, the majority of whom are military spouses. Becoming a Virtual Assistant with VAUSA® means flexible work hours, a community of like minded people, work life balance, remote work, and room to grow your career.
Gratitude Initiative (GI) is a non-profit that focuses specifically on helping military kids achieve their college and career dreams. As part of GI, you’ll receive the most comprehensive college and career counseling program available today, including SAT/ACT Test Prep and financial aid counseling at no cost. The program is delivered online and is supported by a team of live degreed experts who work directly with your family via email, phone, and chat. GI will assist your family from the time of enrollment all the way until your student’s college graduation. Parents may enroll their children and the application process takes less than five minutes.
EMOTIONAL
The Station team is comprised of members of the Special Operations Community and amazing professionals fully dedicated to the SOF community. Their Homecoming Project includes creating a space – safe and discreet – where families can push beyond comfort and grow beyond expectations. But most of all, it means spending time understanding the families – without judgment – and walking beside them as trusted guides. Returning home with experienced mentors and resources necessary to cultivate genuine, lasting progress. .
The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Aspire Health Partners provides accessible, confidential, high-quality behavioral healthcare services and case management resources to post-9/11 veterans, National Guardsmen, Reservists, Active Duty with TRICARE referral and their families. Services are available regardless of discharge status, role while in uniform and combat experience.
Marriage Management provides a safe and confidential place for Military and Veteran Couples to reconnect, find peer support and positive encouragement. Participants learn specific real-life skills that enable them to better manage marriage under stress. These unique challenges can be caused by military service, multiple deployments, combat or wounds – be they physical, mental, emotional or moral. The skills learned can be used immediately to overcome damaging behaviors, reduce stress and develop stronger bonds and healthier relationships. Classes are free because they believe those defending our country want to build and manage healthy relationships.
Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) serves veterans and service members who sustained a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001. Family members of these warriors are also eligible. All WWP programs and services are offered free of charge to warriors and their families.
The COMMIT spouse workshops are part of the COMMIT Family Transition Programs. These workshops are offered to cohorts virtually over a three-month period. During this time, participants will meet with their cohort four times to engage in group coaching and informational sessions. The participants will further discover the topic presented through a series of self-guided activities to complete.
Operation Healing Forces’ Retreat Program gives you and your significant other a chance to reconnect and refresh in a beautiful setting with a few other couples that share similar experiences. Each OHF retreat is unique in its activities and settings, but their goal is always the same: Creating Bonds that Cure.
Operation Healing Forces conducts week-long therapeutic retreats for Special Operations couples throughout the United States. Each retreat is led by an OHF Retreat Lead who is also a Retired member of the SOF community- no counselors here. Retreats are hosted at donated home or resort locations where each couple is ensured a private bedroom and bathroom with no more than 4-5 couples in attendance.
Keeping retreats personal has always been a priority for OHF. Retreat travel, meals, and activities are also covered by the generosity of donors hoping to give back to the SOF community.
IMMEDIATE NEEDS
Operation Healing Forces’ Special Operations Additional Resource Program (SOAR) provides direct crisis support to Special Operations personnel and their families.
The Immediate Needs program covers travel and expenses related to medical emergencies for Service Members, Veterans, and their families, medical and adaptive equipment not covered by government means, funeral and memorials costs not covered by government means including family travel, relief or respite care for full-time caregivers, one-time financial assistance related to transition or employment opportunities including travel, and other as needed crisis support for families including emergency financial support.
America’s Warrior Partnership partners with communities to prevent veteran suicide. Their programs accomplish this by starting at the community level and understanding the unique situations of veterans and their families. They connect local veteran-serving organizations with the appropriate resources, services, and partners that they need to support veterans, their families, and caregivers at every stage of veterans’ lives. Their ultimate goal is to improve the quality of life for veterans and to end veteran suicide by empowering local communities to serve them proactively and holistically before a crisis occurs. Their upstream approach to veteran empowerment is a four-step plan to Connect, Educate, Advocate, and Collaborate with veterans, their families, caregivers, and the communities that support them.
USA Cares’ mission is to provide post-9/11 military veterans, service members, and their families with financial assistance and post-service skills training to create a foundation for long-term stability. Our services improve the quality of life for veterans and their families and reduce potential factors that can contribute to veteran suicide.
USA Cares offers several programs, including the Military Assistance Response Program. This program assists veterans or service members who are facing temporary financial hardships. We assist in paying essential bills as a result of a military service-related incident.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Truevana is a relocation marketplace designed to simplify the process of moving by connecting service members with essential services such as moving, storage, housing, real estate, and more. Truevana aims to become the go-to platform for military relocations, offering a seamless, one-stop marketplace for service members to connect with relocation services.