Relocation Assistance

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.

Relocation assistance is available in two locations. Our main Military and Family Readiness Center office Sablich Center Room 110 228-376-8728 or DSN 312-591-8728 assists permanent party, and the M&FRC annex in Levitow Training Support Facility 228-377-0155 or DSN 312-597-0155 is for students.

Permanent party inbound services include child care for permanent change of station members, individual relocation assistance, employment resources, community school directory, newcomer welcome packages and sponsorship training. Permanent party outbound services include Plan My Move workshops, individual outbound relocation assistance, spouse employment assistance and Child Care For PCS.

The Air Force Aid Society’s Child Care for PCS program is 20 hours of free care available within 60 days of arrival provided through family child care home providers. Bring a copy of your PCS orders to the A&FRC and get the eligibility certificate. Currently, there are a limited number of providers but that situation is improving weekly. Remember to ask your losing base A&FRC about Child Care for PCS.

Installation Specific Information

Any spouses with fewer than five years affiliation with the military are encouraged and invited to the Heart Link program which is held quarterly as a combined base agency effort.

Verify your entitlements through the finance office for temporary lodging expenses as well as an estimate of what expenses are and are not reimbursable. Technical training students may not be entitled to certain reimbursements. If you are a student coming here on a temporary duty assignment, we can send a packet of information to you since students do not get sponsors.

For recently arriving personnel, check with the M&FRC regarding Child Care for PCS availability. This program is for all ranks of Air Force personnel stationed at Keesler. Families may receive 20 hours of free child care per child by utilizing family home day care providers. This is available to those within 60 days of signing in to the base or within 60 days of PCSing.

Inbound personnel may make base billeting arrangements via Keesler's homepage. All personnel separating or retiring are encouraged to attend the monthly transition assistance program.