Fort Riley  Exceptional Family Member Program

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Hospital Location:

1st Floor, Room 1G100, adjacent to Medical Home #4

650 Huebner Road, Fort Riley

Clinic Phone:

(785) 240-7543

Hours:

Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Closed for lunch noon - 1 p.m.

Closed on federal holidays and selected training holidays

Fort Riley Location:

7264 Normandy Dr., Fort Riley

Clinic Phone:

(785) 239-9435

Hours:

Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Closed on federal holidays

The Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) is a mandatory enrollment program that works with other military and civilian agencies to provide comprehensive and coordinated community support, housing, educational, medical, and personnel services to Families with special needs. Soldiers on active duty enroll in the program when they have a Family member with a physical, emotional, developmental, or intellectual disorder requiring specialized services so their needs can be considered in the military personnel assignment process.

Family members must be screened and enrolled, if eligible, when the Soldier is on assignment instructions to an OCONUS area for which command sponsorship/Family member travel is authorized, and the Soldier elects to serve the accompanied tour. This screening consists of medical records review for all Family members, and developmental screening for all children 72 months of age and younger.

Soldiers are responsible for keeping their EFMP enrollment current as exceptional Family member (EFM) conditions change or at least every three years, whichever comes first.

The Irwin Army Community Hospital Exceptional Family Member Program, working in concert with other military and civilian agencies, is designed to provide a comprehensive, coordinated, multi-agency approach for community support, housing, medical, educational and personnel services to Families with special needs.

Enrollment in the EFMP helps the Army match the Soldier's grade and specialty with a location that can support the EFM's special needs.  When a Soldier is enrolled, the review occurs early in the assignment process.  It is important to keep in mind that a match is not guaranteed and the Soldier may be subject to a worldwide assignment or called upon to serve an unaccompanied tour.

Not enrolling an EFM may cause serious problems when a Soldier receives a new assignment to a remote location within the U.S. or a location overseas.  Overseas Family travel may be delayed (unapproved) until the Family members, who will accompany the Soldier, have been screened for medical and special education conditions.

The Army wants to be sure that an EFMP does not travel to a remote location within the U.S. or a location overseas that does not offer the required medical services

• Fort Riley Exceptional Family Member Program
• Special education information for USD 475  Schools (Geary County-Fort Riley)
• Special education information for USD 383 Schools (Manhattan-Ogden)
• Kansas Department of Education Student Support Services

https://riley.armymwr.com/programs/school-support-services