Military and Family Support Center

The Federal Voting Assistance Program ensures that service members, their eligible family members and overseas citizens have the tools and resources to register to vote and request an absentee ballot, regardless of their state of residence.

The Voting Assistance Guide is a reference guide for everything you need to know about absentee voting in all 50 states, the U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Select your state to find your local election office’s contact information. Voting forms are also available online.

Military and Family Support Centers provide information, education and support programs to help balance the demands of military life. Offerings include:

• Deployment support to assist you and your family during all phases of the deployment cycle. Learn more about deployment support.
• Relocation assistance to help you prepare for an upcoming move and get settled into your new location. Learn more about the military Relocation Assistance Program.
• Confidential non-medical clinical counseling provides support for a wide range of issues from marital conflicts and stress management to coping with grief and deployment adjustments Learn more about confidential non-medical counseling.
• Personal and family life education assists with developing knowledge and skills to help you navigate your mobile military life.
• Personal financial readiness assists you and your family in building and maintaining your financial readiness.
• Employment assistance supports career exploration, education, training and licensing, career connections and employment readiness for military spouses, transitioning service members, and other family members. Learn more about the Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program, or SECO.
• Information and referral can assist you in identifying and clarifying needs and locating and connecting to services and programs available both on and off your installation.
• Morale, Welfare and Recreation, or MWR services provide lots of ways for you to connect with friends and others for entertainment, rest and relaxation — all at reduced or no cost. Learn more about MWR programs and services.
• The Transition Assistance Program provides the information, skills and knowledge necessary for a successful transition from military to civilian life. Learn more about transition assistance programs and resources.

Military and Family Support Centers may provide other programs such as the following:

Exceptional Family Member Program

Family Advocacy Program

New Parent Support Program

Federal Voting Assistance Program

Services may vary by location and installation. Use the Search tool to find contact information for your installation Military and Family Support Center. Just enter your installation name, Zip code or state.

The Military and Family Readiness Center (M&FRC) provides services to all Active Duty, retired, Reserve personnel and their families from all branches of military service, including Department of Defense civilians.

Services available include:

Deployment support

Employment Program: resume (federal and non-federal), remote job search, Linked In, and interviewing assistance

Information and Referral

Personal financial management: budgeting, investing, saving, credit score management

Relocation Assistance Program: Sponsorship training, Pre-Arrival Orientation, Newcomer's Orientation, and Plan My Move

Transition Assistance Program: Congressionally-mandated program to help servicemembers and their families prepare for life beyond the military (retirements, separations, etc).

Volunteer resources: Getting you plugged into the local community to organizations in need of your time.

Work/Life education: 4 Lenses, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Emotional Intelligence, Leadership/Management tools, and others

Our Reserve Component, the 512th Family Readiness Center, is co-located within the active-duty M&FRC, providing Total Force support to members of Dover Air Force Base. 

The M&FRC is located on the base housing side of the base at 846 Sumner Street in Building 846 and can be reached by calling 302-677-6930. Operating hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday thru Friday. You may also email us at: 436fss.fsh.mfrc@us.af.mil.

Access to a Military Family Life Counselor (MFLC) is readily available by calling either of the following numbers 302-922-7282, 302-310-9004, and 302-898-4126. This will allow you to speak directly to a counselor and arrange to meet at a time and location that best meets your needs.