The below article is pulled from the Military Reach website and monthly Military Reach Newsletter. The first link showcases the Miltary Reach report and knowledge gained so far from the study. The report highlights youth in addition to couples and families. I encourage you to take a moment to review the Mental Health Report as it focuses on teens and is a hot topic.
Next, if you are unaware of what Miltary Reach is I have included a snapshot from their website. If you follow this link you can watch a video to learn about their great work.
Military Reach: translating reports into action.
What is The Military REACH Project?
Military families are first and foremost families; they manage the same challenges and stressors as civilian families. Yet, they do so in a context characterized by transitions and change. Military families are, by and large, characterized as adaptable and resilient, but family outcomes are often contingent on the availability of resources and whether support systems are equipped to meet their needs.
To facilitate the Department of Defense’s provision of high-quality support to military families, Military REACH bridges the gap between research and practice.
Our mission is two-fold – to make research accessible and practical. We strive to put research into the hands of military families, direct service helping professionals, and those who work on behalf of military families by harnessing collaborative expertise, maximizing technological advances, and actively disseminating products. (Abbate, K., Lucier-Greer, M., 2019)
Citation:
(2019, December 17). About Military Reach. https://militaryreach.auburn.edu/About
Abbate, K., Lucier-Greer, M. (2019, December 17). Promoting Family Readiness [On-line Newsletter]. Retrieved December 19, 2019, from https://militaryreach.auburn.edu