Transcript HR Annex to the Army Transformation Campaign Plan

Department of Defense
Military Severely Injured Center
Heroes to Hometowns
CDR Dave Julian
Director
Secretary of Defense’s Charge
20 Dec 04:
“I think we ought to put together a team to see that the Services
take care of their troops after they’re wounded, and when they
return home and are discharged.”
Final Direction:
OSD Personnel & Readiness should augment
the Service support programs to ensure
seamless care as long as it takes
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Military Severely Injured Center
Grand Opening 01 Feb 05
A Service of Military OneSource
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Financial Support
Education and Employment Assistance
Information on VA Benefits
Specific Service issues
Family Counseling
Resources in Local Communities
Child Care Support
Focus is on OIF/OEF severely injured
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Goal:
Seamless support as long as it may take to ensure that injured Service
members and families achieve the highest level of functioning and quality of life.
Severely Injured
and families
M4L
HART
VA
AW2
Navy SH
Military Severely Injured Center
CounselorAdvocates
(24/7 Family Support)
Critical Supporting Cast:
• DFAS
• Service QoL teams
• Nonprofits
• Private sector
MSIC Resource Team:
• Service Liaisons
• TSA
• State and local government
• Care Managers (CM)
• Dept of Labor
• Local communities
• Veterans Affairs
• Researchers
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Center Role
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Services will continue to reach out to severely injured service members
with their respective programs
– US Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2)
– Marine for Life Injured Support (M4L IS)
– Air Force Palace HART
– Navy SAFE HARBOR
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MSI Center will augment military Service programs with
a special emphasis on supporting families
– “Safety net”
– Catch families/members who may slip through the cracks
– Fill seams and gaps
– Additional resources, avenues for case management
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Heroes to Hometowns
• Goal: Successful community reintegration
• Rally Community Support
• “Local Champion”
• American Legion Memorandum of Understanding
• Mr. David Marsh, American Legion Liaison
• Long-term support, community education
• Prototypes:
• Sentinels of Freedom
• Escambia County, FL
• Elverson, PA
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Medical Support Process
Medical Evacuation
through Landstuhl, GE
Medical Treatment
at WRAMC, NNMC, or other
military medical facility
Medical Rehabilitation
at military medical facility, VA regional
hospital or community-based health care
Reintegrate into the community
Medical Evaluation
Board (MEB)
Physical Evaluation
Board (PEB)
Return to Duty
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Community Role
• Welcome Home severely injured Service Members and families
• Work with State and National organizations to match potential
needs with resources:
– Organize a welcome home celebration
– Help secure temporary and/or permanent housing
– Assist in adapting a home or vehicle
– Find jobs and educational opportunities
– Create a carpool for hospital visits
– Help work through government bureaucracy
• Create community pride by providing community,
and family support
spiritual,
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One Model…
Timeline for Service Members re-connecting with community
When injured
While in medical care
Before Returning to
Community
DoD Counselor:
DoD Counselor:
DoD Counselor:
•Assess the needs of the
individual and family .
• Updates the assessment of
needs shares with state
officials.
•Shares assessment with
community champion.
State Military Organizations:
State Military Organizations:
• Tracks of status of injured
Service members.
• Informs community of
potential requirements.
• Designate a state official to
keep communities informed .
• Assess local community
assets and recruit a
community champion.
National-level Organizations:
• Inform local chapters or
affiliates of the need for
communities to be prepared to
assist returning severely injured
service members & families.
State Military Organizations
•Monitors progress to ensure
needs can be met.
• Requests an individual act
as the community champion.
Heroes to Hometown Committee
Local Communities:
• Coordinates with the severely injured
Service Member and family.
• Community champion requests
local agencies, corporations, and
community leaders to form Heroes
to Hometown committees.
•Formalize Roles and
Relationships and develop action
plan.
• Gains local support to meet needs.
• Forwards requirements that cannot
be filled by local communities to
national organizations.
• Keeps state officials and national
organizations informed of
requirements, progress, etc.
Family wishes and privacy act concerns
are accommodated throughout the process
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Network for Communities to Provide Long Term Support
Severely Injured
and families
Community Champion
Heroes to Hometown Committee:
• American Legion Post Rep
• Local VSOs, NGOs
• Corporations
• Chamber of Commerce
• Media
• State/local governments
• Congressional liaison
• Financial and legal institutions
• Educational institutions
• Local military units
• Religious institutions
• Unions
VA Rep and
Counselor Advocate
Army Wounded Warrior
Marine 4 Life Injured Support
Navy SAFE HARBOR
Air Force Palace HART
State Officials
American Legion Departments
State Family Program Directors & State
Benefits Advisors (Joint Force HDQTS)
Supporting Cast:
Federal Agencies
National Nonprofits, National Corporations
Military Service support programs
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Web-page to serve as Clearinghouse
– Downloadable program materials
– Link to State Guard Family Program Offices
– Programs in Action with points of contact
(e.g., Escambia County, FL, San Ramon, CA)
– Opportunity to post local info on national site
– Links to national organizations and their
local/state points of contact
www.Militaryhomefront.dod.mil/troops/injuredsupport
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Military Severely Injured Center
1-888-774-1361
Call Anytime!
Bottom line: Center’s role is to expedite processes, help families,
and alleviate complicated road blocks for severely injured.
Center cannot fix all processes and problems but
can be advocates for the severely injured.
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SENTINELS OF FREEDOM
SGT Joey Bozik and wife Jayme
SGT Manny Mendoza
and mother Martha
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