Military Family Service/Support Centers | Army Community Services
Offers a wide variety of services including Family Advocacy Program: Offer new parent support services such as parenting classes, play groups and home visits; relationship enhancement classes; family violence prevention classes such as stress and anger management; and victim advocacy assistance and prevention programs. Military Family Life Consultants: Offer counseling by licensed professional counselors. Counseling is short term and focused on problem solving. Will refer to the local community for longer term counseling if needed. Mobilization and Deployment Support: Helps service members and their families deal with the challenges before, during and after military deployment. Also offer training on FRG basics. - Relocation Assistance: Offers a Newcomer's Orientation, Tour of the Fort, individual PCS planning and overseas orientation, Foriegn Born Spouse Support, and Lending closet which provides relocating families with pots, pans, dishes, protable cribs, etc. to borrow until their household goods arrive. - Financial Readiness: Offers a wide variety of basic money management classes and individual budget counseling. Provides proactive classes on car buying, house buying, saving and investing and consumer awareness programs. Army Emergency Relief (AER) loans and grants available. Emergency Food Vouchers are also available. - Employment Readiness: Offers classes and assistance with job search, career exploration, resume writing, interviewing techniques, applications and cover letters, and dressing for success. - Exceptional Family Member Program: ACS is a contact point for military families with special needs such as chronic illness or incapacity, mental illness or learning disabilities. Education regarding this program is provided as well as referral to local resources to assure family needs are handled in the most effective manner. Respite care is also available. - Volunteer Program: Volunteer opportunities are available around ACS and on post. Information is available. - Army Family Team Building (AFTB): Three levels of classes provided. Level I provides training on basic military concepts such as Family Readiness Groups, financial readiness, problem solving and community and military resources. Level II expands on those skills with classes on how to manage deployment stress, communicating effectively and developing personal skills. Level III focuses on professional growth, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and building on what makes one an effective leader. - Soldier Family Assistance Center (SFAC): Offers support and assistance to Warriors in Transition (WTs) and their Families by providing social, financial, personal and pastoral services.
Date of Last Formal Update
06/26/2024
Data provided by
United Way of Greater St Louis 211
Physical Address
Replacement Avenue, Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473
Hours
Mon-Fri - 7:30am to 4:30pm
Voice
Application process
Call To Apply
Fee
No Fees
Required documents
Call for details
Eligibility
Service Members and their families, Retirees, DOD Civilians and all military ID card holders
Languages
English
Service area
Pulaski County in Missouri
Agency info
ARMY COMMUNITY SERVICES
Provides a variety of services to Service members and their families, Retirees, DOD Civilians and all military ID card holders. AKA ACS