• Exceptional Family Member Programs provide assistance and support to military families with members that have special needs.
  • The Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall EFMP 
  • Marine Corps Community Services Quantico EFMP
  • Fort Belvoir Community Hospital EFMP 
  • Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling EFMP
  • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center EFMP

• Behavioral Health Services for Military Families
  • Tricare nurse advice line (1-800-tricare, option 1): provides urgent telephonic assessments, gives advice and helps with finding providers for Tricare Beneficiaries
  • Tricare: Site where Tricare beneficiaries can access to find providers of all specialties based on location, Tricare insurance plan, and age
  • The Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) National Capital Region (NCR) Medical Directorate
    • National Capital Region Crisis Hotline: 703-527-4077
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255">1-800-273-talk (8255)
• Military One Source is your central hub and go-to-place for the military community.  Non-medical counseling is also available.
• Operation Purple Camp serves military families in different phases of military life. 
• Fisher House provides free housing to service members, veterans and their families receiving care on or near Installation Community Hospital.
• USO Center provides support for local military and their families.
• The Military and Family Life Counseling Program supports service members, their families and survivors with non-medical counseling.

• Tutor.com for U.S. Military Families provides tutoring and homework help at no cost to active duty service members and their eligible dependents. 
• The Army Educational Outreach Program provides both students and teachers a collaborative, cohesive, portfolio of Army-sponsored STEM programs that effectively engage, inspire, and attract the next generation of STEM talent through K through college programs and expose them to DoD STEM careers.
•  Department of Defense Educational Activity (DODEA):
  • School Liaison Officer Directory for all Branches of Service worldwide
  • DoDEA Grants Program 

• United Through Reading films a service member reading a book at the USO Center during their deployment. The book and DVD are mailed home.  
• Sesame Street: Talk, Listen, Connect video and other resources
• Our Military Kids provides grants for sports, fine arts, and tutoring programs for dependents of the National Guard and reserves who are deployed and dependents of wounded warriors.

Fairfax County offers School-Age Child Care (SACC) before and after school as well as during the summer and school breaks. There are also programs specific to military families.

Child Care Support

• Military Installation Child Care

Military Camps and Services

• Operation Purple Camp, serving military families in different phases of military life. 
• Our Military Kids provides grants for sports, fine arts, and tutoring programs for dependents of the National Guard and reserves who are deployed and dependents of wounded warriors.

Contact Your School's student activities office for information about participation in extracurricular activities and sports eligibility. Below are links to some of the more popular websites around sports and recreation in Fairfax County.

• Sports-Virginia High School League 
• Fairfax County Recreation Programs 
• Youth Clubs 
• Boy Scouts 
• Girl Scouts 
• Morale, Welfare, and Recreation, USAG Fort Belvoir 
• USO Metro Family Programs

Fairfax County Public Schools values our military community. Family and School Partnerships Office provides a host of resources and supports for families transitioning to and exiting Fairfax County Public.

Contact FCPS’ military liaison to assist and support your student and family.

Meredith Ayala, Family Partnerships Specialist

• Email  [email protected] or [email protected]
• Call     703-204-4305

The Family Resource Center (FRC) offers a welcoming and engaging environment for families, educators and community members. The FRC provides access to information and resources to support the success of all students, including those with learning challenges, special needs and disabilities. Military families may be interested in the Military Connected Families padlet, as well as the lending library, webinars and other resources. Contact the FRC for more information.

• Call 703-204-3941
• Email [email protected]

Federal Impact Aid is a law that provides a way for the federal government to reimburse local school districts for the loss of property and business tax support associated with federally connected students residing on/off base in the district.

• The funding that your child’s school receives in Impact Aid directly impacts his or her education by providing replacement funding for operating expenses such as materials, equipment, staff, special education programming, and building improvements as part of the general funding of the district.
• Individual schools meeting a military student threshold may qualify for Grants.

As a parent, what can I do?
It’s simple: Each year your child receives the Federal Survey Card form that requests confidential information regarding his/her federal connection (including military dependents). Simply by thoroughly completing and promptly returning this brief survey, you contribute to your child’s school funding!

• Incomplete cards cannot be submitted for Impact Aid; thereby creating a loss of funding for the district.
• Information provided is protected under Privacy Laws.

For more information regarding Impact Aid, contact a local School Liaison Officer or Visit the FCPS Impact Aid Page.