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Military Caregiver Kids are Hidden Heroes
Military Caregiver Kids are Hidden Heroes What’s it like to be a military caregiver kid? We know military kids are resilient; they have to be with the stress they endure. Military kids often experience multiple deployments, military-mandated moves, and numerous...
Spouse Scholarships: Take Your Dreams Off Pause
Fisher House Foundation and NMFA Spouse Scholarship recipients discuss education and career struggles faced by military spouses.
It’s Time to End the Widow’s Tax
It's Time to End the Widow's Tax You’re a military spouse. That means there’s a 24% chance you’re unemployed… A 99% chance you’ve spent an anniversary apart from your spouse…. And a very high likelihood you’ve navigated multiple deployments. For more than 65,255...
Student Loan Debt? Here’s What You Can Do About It
On Thursday, March 21, 2019, the National Military Family Association will join Veterans Education Success and five other veteran and military service organizations to reaffirm the protections for America’s military-affiliated students in the pending re-authorization of the Higher Education Act.
What’s Changed for Military Families Frustrated by Privatized Housing Horrors?
Military families living in privatized housing are still experiencing health and safety troubles as a result of substandard home conditions.
Applications are Open for Operation Purple Camps!
Don’t miss this great opportunity to give your military kid a free week of overnight summer camp.
Do These 2018 Tax Filing Changes Affect Your Military Family?
Some military families may be affected by new changes made to tax filing, including ways to streamline the process and new deductions and credits for families with children.
NMFA Calls on Congress to End Substandard Military Housing
NMFA Calls on Congress to End Substandard Military Housing The military has failed to take care of its people. Thousands of military families now face unlivable conditions in privatized military housing nationwide. In a statement submitted to the Senate Armed Services...
Military Families Face ‘Unlivable’ Conditions in Installation Housing Around the Country
Substandard living conditions for military families on bases around the country continue to cause health risks, but many complaints are going unanswered by the Services and private contractors.
Put Our Uniformed Service Members at the Front of the Line for Funding
Thousands of federal employees, including Uniformed Service members, are without pay, as the government shutdown enters week three.
