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.

The Relocation Assistance Program provides concrete aid to help minimize the impact of mobility on the emotional and physical well-being of the Air Force family. Note: Vance participates in the Air Force Aid Child Care for PCS program. Child care up to 20 hours is paid by the Air Force Aid Society and depends on available space in the child development center. If you qualify, you must be within 60 days of permanent change of station (in or out). See the relocation manager at the Airman and Family Readiness Center for certificates and more information.

Vance also offers the Give Parents a Break program. The base can schedule times to open the base child development center and youth center for the purpose of offering respite time to families under stress. Families are given certificates to use the program for a specified period of time. AF Aid handles the payments for this program. If the stress of moving and handling children is too much, contact your first sergeant, squadron commander or the AFAS officer.

Relocation Assistance

The Airman and Family Readiness Center’s Relocation Assistance Program provides information and services to relocating personnel and their families to lessen the stress of moving. The A&FRC can be reached at 580-213-6330 or DSN 312-448-6330.

Officers relocating to Vance for pilot training can contact the Student Squadron, or STUS, Duty Management Office at 580-213-6396. Students should also review the Student Pilot Handbook.