Standards for Military Family Readiness programs
Financial Readiness Programs Definition
Purpose
Customers who participate in Financial Readiness Programs gain personal financial management skills, learn strategies to prevent and resolve financial problems, and identify short and long-term actions to achieve financial goals and ensure personal, family, and mission readiness.Definition
The foundation of DoD’s financial readiness programs are the four pillars of financial readiness, which include managing money, saving then investing, consumer protection, and planning for the future. As such, Financial Readiness Programs (MIL-FR) provide financial education, training, counseling, and information and referral services to assist customers with evaluating income and expenditures, budgeting, reducing debt, planning for retirement, accessing military benefit programs, and saving and investing for the future. Information addresses the effects of financial decisions on personal and professional lives, resources needed for prudent consumer decisions, and related services and supports.
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- Administration and Management Standards
- Administration and Management (MIL-AM)
- MIL-AM - Introduction
- MIL-AM 1 - MFR Program Operation
- MIL-AM 2 - Managing MFR Program Funds
- MIL-AM 3 - Contracts and Service Agreements
- MIL-AM 4 - Community Capacity Building
- MIL-AM 5 - Performance and Quality Improvement
- MIL-AM 6 - Ethical Practice
- MIL-AM 7 - Technology and Information Management
- MIL-AM 8 - Customer Files
- MIL-AM 9 - Technology-Based Service Delivery
- Human Resources (MIL-HR)
- Administration and Management (MIL-AM)
- Service Delivery Administration Standards
- Service Standards
- Emergency Family Assistance (MIL-EFA)
- Exceptional Family Member Program Family Support (MIL-EFMP)
- Family Advocacy Program Services (MIL-FAP)
- MIL-FAP - Definition
- MIL-FAP 1 - Service Philosophy
- MIL-FAP 2 - Family Violence Prevention Services
- MIL-FAP 3 - New Parent Support Program (NPSP) Home Visiting Services
- MIL-FAP 4 - Access to Services
- MIL-FAP 5 - Safety Planning
- MIL-FAP 6 - Needs Assessment
- MIL-FAP 7 - Service Planning and Monitoring
- MIL-FAP 8 - Child Abuse and Neglect Case Management Services
- MIL-FAP 9 - Domestic Abuse Advocacy and Support Services
- MIL-FAP 10 - Clinical Rehabilitative Treatment
- MIL-FAP 11 - FAP Counseling for Survivors
- MIL-FAP 12 - Case Closing and Aftercare
- Financial Readiness Programs (MIL-FR)
- Generic Service Summary Supplement (MIL-GSS)
- Military Lifestyle Support and Education (MIL-MLSE)
- MIL-MLSE - Definition
- MIL-MLSE 1 - Service Philosophy
- MIL-MLSE 2 - Initial Contact
- MIL-MLSE 3 - Service Delivery
- MIL-MLSE 4 - Relocation Assistance
- MIL-MLSE 5 - Deployment Assistance
- MIL-MLSE 6 - Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
- MIL-MLSE 7 - Employment Assistance
- MIL-MLSE 8 - Personal and Family Life Education
- Non-Medical Individual and Family Counseling (MIL-NMC)
- Volunteer Coordination (MIL-VC)
Note: Please see MIL-FR Reference List for a list of resources that informed the development of these standards.
Research indicates that participation in financial education results in improved financial knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Examples of behavior changes include reviewing investment goals, developing an investment plan, creating a spending plan, establishing an emergency fund, reducing credit card debt, and increasing contributions to a retirement plan.
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