Financial Assistance

The Fleet & Family Service Center has a financial counselor, whose primary focus is assisting military members and their families to become financially sound.

We strongly encourage you to make an appointment with a financial counselor at the FFSC or at your command before you move and set up a pre-move and a projected post-move budget (one which will take into account housing costs here at Naval Base Ventura County, absence of spouse's paycheck [if spouse is currently employed] for the first few weeks at the new location, and money set aside for emergencies which may arise en route).

Command Financial Specialist Program

The FFSC is the training site for the Command Financial Specialist Program. This program emphasizes personal financial responsibility and accountability by providing basic principles and practices of sound money management, counseling tools, and referral services. The Command Financial Specialists are trained to assist military and family members of their commands to attain financial security. The FFSC offers several workshops dealing with financial preparedness including Financial Management, Credit Management, and Personal Finance. These are in addition to the workshops (such as Base/Spouse Indoctrination and the TAP class) where sections deal with financial preparedness. Financial assistance is available to any military personnel or their family members. The Financial Counselor will assist personnel in taking control of their finances.

The Fleet and Family Support Center Financial Counselor and the Command Financial Specialists in the individual commands can help you prepare a personalized budget when required by the commands or other agencies. They will also help you to design a spending plan to make your life easier. Make an appointment before you have problems and learn how to make your future brighter financially and your quality of life higher 805-982-5037.