MRP Military Family Support & Resources 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) and who is required to enroll?
- A voluntary recreation program for families with special talents
- A mandatory enrollment program for family members with special medical or educational needs (Correct answer)
- An optional support group for families experiencing deployment stress
- A financial program for families with exceptional expenses
Correct answer: A mandatory enrollment program for family members with special medical or educational needs
EFMP is a mandatory enrollment program for military family members with special medical or educational needs, ensuring those needs are considered during PCS assignment coordination.
Question 2: Which military family support program operates the 24/7 confidential helpline offering counseling, referrals, and support for non-clinical issues?
- Military OneSource (Correct answer)
- Defense Health Agency Warmline
- TRICARE Behavioral Health Line
- Veterans Crisis Line
Correct answer: Military OneSource
Military OneSource operates a free 24/7 confidential helpline providing counseling, financial guidance, tax assistance, and referrals to local resources for non-clinical issues.
Question 3: A military spouse wants to continue working in her licensed nursing profession after a PCS move to a new state. Which program specifically helps reduce state licensing barriers for military spouses?
- Spouse Education and Career Opportunities (SECO)
- Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) (Correct answer)
- MyCAA Scholarship Program
- Military Spouse JD Network
Correct answer: Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) allows nurses to hold one multistate license and practice in other compact member states, greatly benefiting military spouses who relocate.
Question 4: What is the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and why is it important for military families?
- A life insurance policy purchased separately from SGLI
- A DoD annuity program that provides income to eligible survivors after a retiree's death (Correct answer)
- A one-time death gratuity paid to the family of a service member killed in action
- A savings program for surviving children's college education
Correct answer: A DoD annuity program that provides income to eligible survivors after a retiree's death
SBP is a DoD annuity program that pays eligible survivors up to 55% of a retiree's retired pay after the retiree's death, providing long-term income security.
Question 5: Which on-installation service center provides military families with relocation assistance, lending closets, and area orientation?
- Family Advocacy Program (FAP)
- Army Community Service (ACS) / Marine Corps Family Services / Airman and Family Readiness Center (Correct answer)
- Chaplain Corps Family Life Center
- Military Treatment Facility (MTF) Social Work
Correct answer: Army Community Service (ACS) / Marine Corps Family Services / Airman and Family Readiness Center
Installation family support centers (ACS, Airman & Family Readiness Centers, etc.) offer relocation briefings, lending closets for household goods, and newcomer orientations.
Question 6: The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) provides commissary shopping privileges to military families. Which of the following individuals is NOT typically eligible?
- Active duty service members
- Honorably discharged veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 0% (Correct answer)
- Unremarried surviving spouses of service members
- Reservists ordered to active duty for more than 30 consecutive days
Correct answer: Honorably discharged veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 0%
Veterans must have a service-connected disability rating of 10% or higher to qualify for commissary privileges; a 0% rating does not meet the threshold.
Question 7: A military family's child has an Individualized Education Program (IEP). Under MIC3, what should happen when the family PCSs to a member state?
- The IEP must be completely rewritten by the new school before services begin
- The receiving school must honor and implement the IEP while conducting its own evaluation (Correct answer)
- The child must requalify for special education services starting from scratch
- The IEP is only transferable within the same military branch's school system
Correct answer: The receiving school must honor and implement the IEP while conducting its own evaluation
Under MIC3, the receiving school must honor the existing IEP and provide comparable services while completing its own placement evaluation.
MRP Military Family Support & Resources 3
What is the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) and who is required to enroll?