The State of Washington

National Guard State Family Programs for Service Members and families establishes ongoing communication, involvement, support, and recognition of service members and families within the state. The Family Programs Office, located at Joint Force Headquarters, facilitates this through education, outreach services, and partnerships. The Family Programs Office utilizes resources, training, and capitalizes on new capabilities, concepts, and technological advances.

Family Programs provide assistance, guidance, and support that enhance the quality of life for service members during peacetime and upon mobilization.  This includes family readiness, resource management, mobilization and deployment coordination, crisis intervention, outreach, volunteer recruitment, training, management, information, referral and follow-up, life skills education, review and analysis of program effectiveness, and youth development.  In addition, the state family program office provides strategic planning, inter-service coordination and liaison with higher headquarters, other military services, state and federal government, and non-government (profit and non-profit) agencies and organizations.