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The Military and Family Life Consultant (MFLC) Program provides brief consultation, supportive services and problem solving to assist troops, families and civilian personnel to cope with the stress of deployment, reunion and reintegration.

MFLCs are licensed professionals from outside the military system who are available to help service members, spouses, family members, children, and civilian employees address:

  • Deployment/reintegration issues
  • Marriage and relationship issues
  • Parenting/sibling & family issues
  • Communication challenges
  • Stress and anxiety
  • Depression
  • Grief and loss
  • Daily life issues
  • Job stress

The services they provide are FREE and ANONYMOUS except when state, federal and military reporting requirements dictate otherwise for protection of personnel.

Sessions are private! NO RECORDS ARE KEPT! Helping you is their priority!

Meetings can be scheduled on or off base (but not in private residenses) After-hours and weekend appointments are available and group or off-site meetings can be arranged. Scheduling an appointment is easy just call the Beale MFLC at 530-601-6915.

NMFA Family of the Month Award

Each month throughout the year, the National Military Family Association chooses a family to receive the NMFA Family of the Month Award. This summer NMFA will select a family from the previous 12 winners to receive the coveted NMFA Family of the Year Award. This special family will receive $1,000 and a trip to Washington D.C. where they will be honored at a reception with key military leaders and program sponsors. They will have the opportunity to present a check in the amount of $500 to the charity of their choice. If there's a military family you'd like to nominate for an NMFA Family of the Month Award and put them in the running for next year's Family of the Year Award, check out the program's official eligibility and nomination requirements.

Tricare Coverage for College Students

Children of Active duty or retired Service members are eligible to keep TRICARE coverage while attending college. TRICARE benefits for dependents usually end at age 21, but are available as long as the following is true: the student is enrolled full-time at an accredited institution; is not yet 23; the sponsor provides more than 50 percent of the student’s financial support.  If the student is attending college in a different region split enrollment is an option.  The sponsor must inform both regions of the families split enrollment status and complete an enrollment application or change request form and submit it to the appropriate contractor in the region where the student will be attending college.

Make sure to update all information (address, etc.) for the college-bound student in DEERS to ensure that care can be accessed when needed. At the age of 18, a student may update his or her own address, phone number and email in DEERS. Decide the type of coverage for the student, visit www.tricare.mil for options. Ensure that the student keeps their uniform services ID card in a safe place—it is needed to receive medical or dental care and to use pharmacy benefits. To extend benefits beyond their 21st birthday, students must contact the nearest uniformed services ID card issuing facility before their birthday. If a student does not extend their eligibility, TRICARE claims may be delayed or denied. To find more information about health care for college bound children go to tricare.mil and search the entire site for college student.

You Can Have Your Own Free Website!

CinCHouse

CinCHouse.com is Operation Home Front's Community of Military Wives and Women in Uniform.

CinCHouse wants every military family to have their own Web site that's easy to manage, free, and keeps you in touch with family. So we've created the Family Hubs, an easy tool for you to create a Web site without having to know any geek speak. And it's free, courtesy of our friends at Lockheed Martin.

Register Now!

Click here to check out a sample Family Hub!

You can create your own Web site in as little as ten minutes. We will walk you through a few simple questions to get you started to create your initial Web site. Then we provide you with a password-protected 'control panel' where you can cut-and-paste your text and upload photos and graphics. Voila! You'll be able to check how your Web site looks as you go along, and you can update your site as frequently as you want. We offer a tutorial, tech support, and a guarantee that your Web site is secure – exactly what you would expect from the webmasters at CinCHouse.com.