Overview  Benefits of Referral Agencies  First Sergeant Responsibilities  Referral Agencies Responsibilities  On and Off Base Referral Agencies  Impact on Member and ANG

MP 1: Benefits of Referral Agencies  Assist First Sergeant with problem resolution  Provide the right resources to resolve problems  Educate members in problem solving techniques

MP 2: First Sergeant Responsibilities  Counsel  Identify that there is a problem  Know your own limitations  Refer  Beyond your expertise  Your efforts have not produced the desired result  Document  Why? What? How?

MP 3: Referral Agency Responsibilities  Counsel  Confidentiality  Provides an environment free of workcenter distractions  No reprisal

MP 4: Base Referral Agencies  Military Equal Opportunity Program (MEO Office)  Improve mission effectiveness by promoting an environment free from personal, social, or institutional barriers that prevent Air Force members from rising to the highest level of responsibility possible based on their individual merit, fitness, and capability  Encourages use of chain-of-command  Deals with unlawful discrimination & sexual harassment  Define - Quid pro quo & hostile environment  Commanders must establish ZERO TOLERANCE  Commanders must investigate informal complaints and report demographics to the MEO Office

 Chaplain  Assists members with matters of the heart & spirit  Partner in suicide prevention & intervention  Provides marriage counseling  Counseling for those who are suffering illness  100% confidentiality  IG Office  Outside the chain-of-command  Encourages use of the chain-of-command  Deals in Fraud, Waste, & Abuse  Not otherwise specified as an MEO complaint MP 4: Base Referral Agencies

 Lets name some other Base Referral Agencies …  Medical Group  Legal Office (JAG)  Finance MP 4: Base Referral Agencies

MP 4: Off-Base Referral Agencies  Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)  Military One Source  Local Police Department  Social Services  Civilian Legal Services  Battered Women / Men Homes  Local Churches

MP 5: Impact on Member  Receive help for their problem  Free of distracter  Mission readiness  Improved morale  Motivation  Better citizens and members of ANG

 Helps to alleviate distracters  Promotes unit morale  Enhances unit readiness and mission effectiveness MP 5: Impact on Member

Summary  Benefits of Referral Agencies  First Sergeant Responsibilities  Referral Agencies Responsibilities  On and Off Base Referral Agencies  Impact on Member and ANG