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.

Please email the relocation assistance manager for accurate, timely information. We request that you place your return email address in the body of the text for accurate routing. Also, your relocation counselor at your present duty station can assist you and your family in making these important decisions. The Fleet and Family Support Center regularly sponsors programs to assist in the adjustment to Key West. For instance, the Welcome to Key West program has helpful information on the history of Key West.

If you are separating or retiring, make sure you attend the Transition Assistance Program workshop sponsored by the FFSC.

The blending of needs with resources, including resources in the military and local community, is the goal of the Information and Referral Program. If we don't have the information on a particular subject, we will find it for you.

Relocation Assistance

The FFSC can help you prepare for your permanent change of station stateside or overseas, retirement and separation from active duty. The center offers a variety of services that can help you manage the financial aspects of your move, help you get settled in your new community and provide extensive information about Key West. The FFSC offers the Welcome to Key West newcomers brief regularly as well as a spouse orientation for incoming and new military spouses once a quarter. 

Lending Locker items, mostly kitchen items, are available to active-duty service members on PCS orders. Families may borrow these items for a period of up to 30 days while they wait for their household goods to arrive or after their goods have been shipped out.

For more information on the Relocation Assistance Program or to enroll in any of the workshops, call 305-293-3770.