1. FAMILIES, GOVERNANCE AND SERVICES

2. TODAY’S ENVIRONMENT

3. MILITARY FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM
OUR ENVIRONMENT
BASELINE FUNDING
Has only increased with no assessment of funding versus current family impact
INFRASTRUCTURE
Focus on in-person service points with little virtual footprint $
MILITARY FAMILY
Focus is on traditional family unit versus modern family make-up
MILITARY FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM
26 years old,
based on conventional military lifestyle

4. EVOLVING PRIORITIES ss
How we must evolve – Silo to Member Focused

5. MILITARY FAMILIES : NEEDS

6. MILITARY FAMILIES : SERVICES
Military Families are Resilient and Healthy ….
…. they do not always access our services
When asked to identify their most significant problem (by general domain area), 6,591 responded:
25% (n=1,650) work/life balance;
24% (n=1,580) none of the 9 domain areas were experienced;
10% (n=660) own well-being;
10% (n=660) financial problems;
8% (n=525) relationship problems;
7% (n=460) spousal well-being;
6% (n=395) child well-being;
6% (n=395) health care system problems; and
4% (n=265) household management or legal problems.
….. and they have unmet needs
2016 CAF Community Needs Assessment
2016 Impacts of Military Lifestyle
Mental Health Services for Military Families 2016
1. Personal Mental Health & Well- Being
1. Financial Stability
1. Relationship
Difficulties
2. Financial Stability
2. Personal Mental Health & Well-Being
2. Anxiety Disorders
3. Relationship
Problems
3. Child and Youth Mental Health

7. SHIFTING FOCUS 8 DETERMINANTS OF WELL-BEING ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES
COMMUNITY & PROVINCIAL SUPPORT
CAF SUPPORT
Enhance to support...
Engage to support...
…to better manage CAF transitions
ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES
HIGHER INTERVENTIONS
First Deployment
Recruitment
Subsequent Deployments
Veteran
First Posting
Release
Death
Basic Training
Subsequent Postings
Promotions
First Child
Empty Nest
Retirement
Childhood Family
Marriage
Adolescents
Elderly Parent Caregiving
Single Adulthood
DIFFERENT FAMILY PERSONAS
NEEDS AND SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS
…to better manage family transitions
Programming that supports….
Engage to support...
COMMUNITY & PROVINCIAL SUPPORT
CAF SUPPORT
6 FACTORS FOR FAMILY RESILIENCE

8. … to a Seamless Approach
SHIFTING SERVICES
Align MFRC governance and capabilities to ensure:
AWARENESS.  Use of existing services will be increased by ensuring families know where to access them.
ADVOCACY.  Families will know how and when to access services and benefits.
AVAILABILITY.  Services and benefits that families need will be available.
ALIGNMENT.  Existing services will be streamlined to ensure they match the evidence-based needs of military families using evidence-based practices that support the determinants of wellness and domains of family resilience.
CFB Canada
With this context of evidence-based researched needs of our CAF families, we are using this conceptual framework to design the Comprehensive Military Family Plan.
Our CAF supports program and service should be designed or enhanced to support the 8 determinants of well-being (listed below); as well, community / provincial supports program should be engaged to support the 8 determinants of well-being. Then, theoretically, if these program and services are enhanced and engaged, it will assist families to better manage the military journey transitions and challenges.
Our CAF support programs and services should support the 7 factors for family resilience and the community / provincial supports should be engaged, to also enhance the 7 factors for family resilience (listed below). Then, theoretically, if these support program support the 7 factors for family resilience, it will assist families to better manage their family journey transitions and challenges.
Our CAF supports should be tailored to the different military journey transition points and to the different family personas.
And finally, some CAF families will require higher support interventions, therefore, specific programs for the higher intervention population (i.e. single parents, dual service couples, special needs children, family breakdown, illness/injury/death, etc.)
… to a Seamless Approach

9. SEAMLESS CANADA CFB CANADA Federal Services and Benefits
CAF Services and Providers
Provincial / Territorial Services and Care
CFB CANADA
Targeted Services for Financial Resilience
Timely Access to
Medical Care
CFMWS
Transitioned Spousal Employment
Focused and Responsive Special Needs Supports
Municipal Services and Structures
Educational Mobility
Dedicated and Tailored Youth Services
Accessible and Dedicated Child Care
Simplified Services for Transitioning Licencing
National, Regional and Local Not-For-Profits
Charities and Benevolent Providers
Private Sector / Corporate Canada