Fort Leavenworth  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 PCS & Military Moves.
• 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.

In-Processing/Newcomer briefs are offered weekly at the Army Community Service (ACS) Center as part of in-processing. We highly encourage family members to attend. We provide information on housing, childcare, education, schools, maps, directions and local community information.

Our Lending Closet is fully stocked with basic kitchen essentials free of charge for 30 days. Items such as pots, pans, irons, coffee makers, sleeping mats, tables and chairs and baby items are available. For further information contact the ACS Relocation Readiness Program at 913-684-2800, DSN 312-552-2800.

Installation Specific Information

The Army Community Service (ACS) Relocation Readiness Program (RRP) office is here to help you and your family adjust to Fort Leavenworth and then prepare you for your PCS when its time to leave. The intent of RRP is to minimize the negative effects of frequent relocation on readiness and retention as well as on service members and their families. Experience has shown that if a young family has a successful first move, later moves will be positive as well. No matter how well you planned, emergencies do happen.

We strive to provide you with coordination of base relocation activities, information and services. The RRP office is available to help you avoid some of the many problems you may have to deal with during your move. We can offer help with information on your next assignment to include financial entitlements, programs for Special Needs Families, housing, schools, medical and dental services, employment for spouses and much more. What should you do in case of emergency while you are traveling? First, make sure to hand carry important documents i.e. marriage and birth certificates, passports, immunization records, property and automobile titles and insurance information, citizen papers if any, copies of PCS orders, savings and checking account numbers, household goods documents and medical records are just a few of the many important items to have with you not in storage.