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 War Department relocation tool that provides you with customizable checklists and links to helpful resources for the tasks ahead.
• Military OneSource: A website and contact center that offer 24/7 support for moving information and resources. Learn more about PCS basics. For comprehensive moving resources and information, including Defense Personal Property login 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 be 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: Sometimes 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.
• The M&FRC annex in Levitow Training Support Facility (228-377-0155 or DSN 312-597-0155) assists students.

Permanent party inbound services include child care for permanent change of station members, individual relocation assistance, employment resources, a 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 and Space Forces Aid Society’s Child Care for PCS program:

• Provides $200 per dependent child up to age 12 (not to exceed $1,000 per household)
• Allows funds to be used for any child care option
• Deposits approved funds to member via Zelle or ACH

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 Child Care for PCS.

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