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Military Personnel: Medical, Family Support, and Educational Services Are Available for Exceptional Family Members

The Department of Defense's (DOD) Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) is a mandatory enrollment program for active duty servicemembers who have family members with special medical needs. The Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 directed us to evaluate the effect of EFMP on health, support, and education services in selected civilian communities with a high concentration of EFMP enrollees. As discussed with the committees of jurisdiction, this report describes (1) the services provided by the military health and family support systems that are available to meet the needs of exceptional family members within the United States, and (2) state and local services including medical, family support, and educational services available for the exceptional family members in select communities. To describe the services provided by the military health and family support systems that are available to meet the needs of exceptional family members within the United States, we reviewed federal law and regulations, TRICARE policies, agency documentation, and other sources related to EFMP. In addition, we interviewed TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) officials and EFMP officials for each military service Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marine Corps. We interviewed local military officials in the following four selected communities: San Diego, California (Navy and Marine Corps); Fayetteville, North Carolina (Army and Air Force); San Antonio, Texas (Army and Air Force); and the Hampton Roads area, Virginia (Army, Navy, and Air Force). To describe state and local services including medical, family support, and educational available to exceptional family members in these four communities, we interviewed officials from state and local agencies that provide these services within the four communities we selected.

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