Military and Family Support Center

Military and Family Support Centers provide information, education and support programs to help balance the demands of military life. Offerings include:

• Deployment support to assist you and your family during all phases of the deployment cycle. Learn more about deployment support.
• Relocation assistance to help you prepare for an upcoming move and get settled into your new location. Learn more about the military Relocation Assistance Program.
• Confidential non-medical clinical counseling provides support for a wide range of issues from marital conflicts and stress management to coping with grief and deployment adjustments Learn more about confidential non-medical counseling.
• Personal and family life education assists with developing knowledge and skills to help you navigate your mobile military life.
• Personal financial readiness assists you and your family in building and maintaining your financial readiness.
• Employment assistance supports career exploration, education, training and licensing, career connections and employment readiness for military spouses, transitioning service members, and other family members. Learn more about the Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program, or SECO.
• Information and referral can assist you in identifying and clarifying needs and locating and connecting to services and programs available both on and off your installation.
• Morale, Welfare and Recreation, or MWR services provide lots of ways for you to connect with friends and others for entertainment, rest and relaxation — all at reduced or no cost. Learn more about MWR programs and services.
• The Transition Assistance Program provides the information, skills and knowledge necessary for a successful transition from military to civilian life. Learn more about transition assistance programs and resources.

Military and Family Support Centers may provide other programs such as the following:

Exceptional Family Member Program

Family Advocacy Program

New Parent Support Program

Federal Voting Assistance Program

Services may vary by location and installation. Use the Search tool to find contact information for your installation Military and Family Support Center. Just enter your installation name, Zip code or state.

In addition to the programs above, the Fleet and Family Support Center at Naval Station Rota has an extensive support system which includes the following programs:

• Clinical Assistance

Licensed mental health clinicians and social workers provide individual, marital and family counseling to adults and children. Many of the programs offered are designed to respond to the problems that military members and their families experience in an overseas location.

Family Advocacy Program

The Family Advocacy Program is a Department of Defense line-managed, multidisciplinary program which addresses the prevention, education, intervention, assessment and treatment of spouse abuse, child physical and emotional abuse, child neglect and child sexual abuse. The Fleet and Family Support Center offers awareness and prevention programs to commands, child care providers, individuals, couples, families and community groups on issues of domestic violence, child abuse and neglect and child sexual abuse.

Intercultural Relations

Have you been assigned to Rota? Are you concerned about having to face the diversities of the new environment, differences in language, customs and values? Intercultural Relations conducts classes on culture specific information along with hands-on experience and cross-cultural training. ICR classes include topics such as history, geography, day-to-day living, cross-cultural training, self-awareness, stereotypes, perception, values, behaviors, beliefs and culture shock.

• Cultural differences training
• Public transportation class
• Cultural differences/ welcome to Spain
• Intercultural relations in the workplace

Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program

The goal of the sexual assault prevention and response program is to enable military readiness by establishing a culture free from sexual assault. The installation sexual assault response coordinator oversees a trained volunteer victim advocate network, available 24/7 via the SAPR hotline to provide information, guidance and support to victims of sexual assault.

RESTRICTED REPORTING: Enables victims to confidentially disclose the crime to specifically identified individuals and receive medical treatment, advocacy and counseling without triggering command notification and the official investigative process.

SAPR hotline – 011-34-646-407-871 *Available 24 hours a day

• Safe Hotline: Call: 877-995-5247 Click: http://www.safehelpline.org
• Text: 55-247 (inside the U.S.) 202-470-5546 (outside the us)

**Currently, the restricted reporting is available to active-duty service members and dependents who are 18 years of age and older.

UNRESTRICTED REPORTING: Official reporting channels resulting in command notification and triggering the official investigative process, in addition to having medical and advocacy services made available.

• Naval Station Rota SAPR Hotline - 011-34-646-407-871 *Available 24 hours a day
• Naval Station Rota SARC 011-34-679-480-545 *Available 24/7
• Naval Air Station Sigonella SARC 011-39-355-129-7123

The following services are available from the FFSC:

• General military education
• Education and training of SAPR advocates
• Sexual assault awareness
• Sensitivity training
• Risk reduction training
• Victim advocacy training
• Referrals to community/military resources

If you have any additional questions, contact the FFSC at DSN 314-727-3232.