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Mission: To support individual and family readiness through an array of programs specifically targeted to assist the naval special warfare community in maintaining a resilient, sustainable, and healthy force in this era of persistent conflict and frequent deployments.
Programs: Family integration: number served 1554graduation dinners - dinner event for the families of all the graduates the evening before their official graduation ceremony from the seal basic training course. Harvest hoedown - annual weekend-long camp out for all nsw families sisterhoods - bi-monthly meetings for active duty nsw spouses to discuss areas of shared concern.
family resiliency: number served 734omm - alternative therapies for ptsp and tbis such as yoga, acupuncture, wholistic medicine. Sealkids - direct educational diagnostic testing and tutoring/mentoring for nsw children on the autism spectrum, a special needs child or a child struggling with behavioral or emotional difficulties. Tlds - reintegration seminars for nsw spouses whose seal husband is returning from a combat deployment.
bereavement: number served 123camps - bereavement camps for children who have known the loss of a navy seal parent. Gold star family support - funding for costs due to the loss of a family member including funerals, travel costs, memorials, resourcing participation by the veterans of foreign wars, military, honor guards, local police and fire department, and nsw receptions where the department of the navy is not authorized to cover expenses. Wreaths across america - funding for travel to and accommodation in virginia during the wreaths across american annual event for all nsw gold star families whose fallen seal is buried in arlington national cemetery.
family support:number served 17,118frg - funding for each seal teams' family readiness groupsemergency support - funding for crisis support such as natural disasters, child or spouse illness or death or other emergency situations that ariseseal future fund - program for seals transitioning out of their military service.
The Family Foundation stepped in during a time of need for my family. The military brought us across the country where we had no support. The Family Foundation is my support. It sets my family and I at great ease knowing we always have someone to count on. The family support, the Spouse events and the Warrior support for my husband is amazing. A great group of people that care so much.
Thank you for serving the families!
-SEAL Spouse
Review from Guidestar
