Fort Lee  Military and Family Support Center

Financial Readiness Program

The Financial Readiness Program is your resource for information on money matters. We can help you better understand financial topics like:

• Military pay
• Checkbook and debit-card management
• Financial responsibility
• Consumer awareness
• Credit management
• Debt-elimination strategies
• Saving
• Investing
• Developing a spending plan

The Army Community Service building is currently closed due to COVID-19 but the staff is still available via email and phone: 804-734-6388 or DSN 312-687-6388

We can also help you learn about other financial services, including:

• Army Emergency Relief: This is a private, nonprofit organization established to help soldiers and their families in emergency financial situations due to no fault of their own.
• Army Emergency Relief Scholarships: These are needs-based scholarships to help eligible Army families with education costs.

Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance Prescreening

Prescreening and counseling is available for soldiers who qualify for the FSSA entitlement. This is an entitlement Congress authorized in 2001. It was created to supplement soldiers’ Basic Allowance for Subsistence. This entitlement will not exceed $1,100 per month. Information and the application for FSSA is web-based. Visit the milConnect portal’s Life Events that Impact Your Benefits section.