Buckley SFB  Military and Family Support Center

Your Military and Family Support Center provides relocation assistance to help make PCS moves as smooth as possible. Resources include:

• PCS planning: Most relocation assistance programs offer consultations to help you with the moving process. If this your first military move, your first time moving overseas or you have challenging or complex circumstances contact your installation Relocation Assistance Program as soon as possible for support.
• Plan My Move: An online Defense Department relocation tool that provides you with customizable checklists and links to helpful resources for the tasks ahead.
• Military OneSource: A website and call center that offer 24/7 support for moving information and resources. Learn more about PCS basics and download this fact sheet 7 Steps to Make Your Household Goods Move a Smart Move. For comprehensive moving resources and information, including Defense Personal Property log in details, visit Moving Your Personal Property.
• Workshops and briefings: Workshops vary by location. You may find classes on housing options, moving with children, moving with pets and more.
• Predeparture briefings: These sessions provide essential information about your move and may be required for some populations.
• Special needs: If you have a child or family member enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program, contact your installation EFMP-Family Support office to assist you.
• Settling-in services: Look for welcome programs or local area tours that may offered. Overseas services may include introductory language classes and cultural awareness activities.
• Foreign-born spouse support: Assistance includes information and referral to resources such as immigration and naturalization.
• Emergency assistance: Sometime emergencies occur while moving. The Military and Family Support Center has the resources to provide emergency financial assistance, as well as information and referrals.
• Authorized housing flexibility options: Eligible service members with PCS orders may be entitled to flexibilities such as extended stays in government housing and early housing eligibility. Contact your military personnel office for more information.
• Spouse licensure reimbursement: Your service branch may reimburse spouses up to $1,000 for relicensure and certification costs resulting from relocations or PCS moves. See this Military OneSource article Transferring Your Professional License for more information and specific service branch policies.

The Buckley Airman/Guardian & Family Readiness Center helps military members and their families prepare for relocation to a new base and assists in making the adjustment to life at a new base upon arrival.

The Relocation Assistance Program provides:

• Newcomers Orientation – A workshop for newly arrived personnel that provides an introduction to installation services, policies, local community information and mandatory agency briefings. Spouses are encouraged to attend however child care is not provided. These workshops are normally scheduled the third Wednesday of each month and are located in the auditorium of Building 606. The only exceptions to the 3rd Wednesday schedule are the November and December workshops due to the holidays. Call the A/G&FRC during these months for the schedule. The workshop also consists of an information fair that provides newcomers with important information on the services and agencies available in the greater Denver/Aurora metro area.
• Prior to completing your permanent change of station, learn up-to-date information about your new installation and community through the Military Installations and Plan My Move websites.
• PCS With Ease Workshop – Get all of your questions answered from the A/G&FRC, medical, finance, traffic management office and others regarding need-to-know information to help prepare you for your move.
• Child Care for PCS Program – This program is sponsored by the Air Force Aid Society and is available at Buckley Space Force Base through the A/G&FRC. Stop by the center with orders for your referral.