Institute for Health and Security of Military Families
Description:
The Institute is dedicated to comprehensively responding to the chronic effects of
war on military personnel and their families. Programs include 4-H and Military Partnership
projects and Operation: Military Kids; training projects targeting the prevention
and/or response to family maltreatment and domestic violence in the military; and
the National Guard Family Resilience Program. In addition, the K-State Research and
Extension Program includes a Cooperative Extension office on post at Fort Riley. The
Institute conducts research on the effects of trauma on deployed personnel and family
members; studies the effects of deployment on marriages, children, employment, and
family income; and develops research and training programs on violence prevention
in military personnel. Speech and language services for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
and other disorders are also provided, along with programs for children and youth
of deployed service members.
Offering:
Year-round
Contact:
Briana Nelson Goff, 785-532-1516, militaryfamiles@ksu.edu
Website:
Institute for the Health and Security of Military Families
Program Partners:
Fort Riley Schools; Fort Riley Child and Youth Services; Fort Riley Commissary; Fort Riley Family Readiness Groups; Fort Riley's Irwin Army Community Hospital
Institutional Impact Area(s):
K-State Military Affairs; K-State College of Human Ecology
Audience:
Military families
Tags:
Children, Youth, and Family (non-school related); Health and Health Care; Public Understanding and Adult Training; College of Human Ecology