Military One Source

Difficulty dealing with deployments? Military One Source is provided by the Department of Defense at no cost to Service members and their families. Military One Source can assist 24/7/365. Just call 1-800-342-9647 (En espanol, llame al: 1-877-888-0727) or go to website www.militaryonesource.com . Some of the areas of assistance includes:

Parenting & Child Care
Education
Relocation
Financial & Legal Concerns
Emotional Well-being
Everyday issues
Health & Fitness
Addiction & Recovery
Adult or Child Special Needs
Work Concerns
Crisis Support
Elder Care
TRICARE
Life-Issues Library
Pre-Paid Materials

Sesame Workshop for Kids

Sesame Workshop and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. with additional support from the New York office of Mental Health (NYSOMH) and Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC), have partnered to produce a new project, Talk, Listen, Connect..
These bilingual kits will help military families and their young children cope with feelings, challenges, and concerns experienced during various phases of deployment: pre-deployment, deployment and homecoming. The kit includes: Sesame Street DVD, a parent/caregiver magazine, and a Children's Activity Poster. Please www.sesameworkshop.org/tlc after August 1, 2006 to request your FREE kit or download all the materials!

Marriage Enrichment Seminar

The final Marriage Enrichment Seminar for 2006 will be conducted on September 22-23. If you have never attended the seminar, call Marie Durling at 609-562-0739 for more information and or to register. This seminar is open to all NJNG Soldiers. Soldiers that have been deployed will be given priority.

NY Fire Department Applications

From Department Order # 55 and with the permission of the Chief of Department

Filing must be done between August 2, 2006 and October 13, 2006 lets notify those military personal both here and overseas to let them get their fair chance at the text.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/employment/ocexams.shtml. Official Web Site for download and information.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) plans to administer the Open Completive Examination for Firefighter, Examination No. 6019 on January 20, 2007.

Staten Island Project HomeFront Inc.

Thanks from Xerox

If you go to the web site at www.letssaythanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. It is 100 %FREE and it only takes a second to brighten the day of one of America's modern heroes.

TRICARE Reserve Select

Please see the attached Implementation Policies for Enhanced TRICARE ReserveSelect Program and Reserve Income Replacement Program. The policy guidanceprovided is for your immediate implementation and future reference. Note: I fully understand that the effective date and implementation date foreach has passed, this is due to the late date each of the OSD/RA authorizingmemoranda were published and signed. Please feel free to call me if you haveany questions after you have read each policy completely. Links to each of the program's supporting websites are provided in thepolicies and below: http://www.dod.mil/ra/ - Reserve Income Replacement Program. http://www.tricare.osd.mil/reserve/ - TRICARE Reserve Select (Enhanced) V/RRay HoldemanNational Guard BureauNGB-ARH, Policy BranchJefferson Davis HwyArlington, VA 22202-3231(703) 607-5851

FBI Checks for FRG Volunteers

Hello,

Below is the link for the FBI checks. Please save this link as it may be useful in the future.

Before sending this link to anyone/everyone, please shoot me an email of who you will be providing this link to and their contact information so that I may track the paperwork as well as contact the volunteer with useful/mandated information I have.

Those who work with the youth (and are over 18 yo) in your FRGs on a regular basis NEED to complete the FBI Criminal Background Check as soon as possible.

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fprequest.htm

This site is very self explanatory to complete the process. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks,

Amanda Balas
New Jersey National Guard Youth Coordinator
3650 Saylors Pond Road
Fort Dix, NJ 08640
Work: 609-562-0742
Fax: 609-562-0552
Toll Free: 1-888-859-0352