Community Corner – Oct. 9, 2015

Airman & Family Readiness Center

For details or to sign up for a class, call the Airman & Family Readiness Center at 480-5100.

Monday

» Holiday Columbus Day

Tuesday

» Reintegration briefing: 9 to 11 a.m., IDRC

» Managing Your Money: 9 to 10 a.m., A&FRC

» Intro to German: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., A&FRC

» Resume Writing: 1 to 3 p.m., A&FRC

» Pre-deployment briefing: 1 to 3 p.m., IDRC

» Ditching the Dorms: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC

Wednesday

» Base INTRO: 7:30 to 11:45 a.m., E Club

» Capstone: 8 to 10 a.m., A&FRC

Thursday

» Higher Education Track: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., A&FRC

Oct. 16

» Higher Education Track: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., A&FRC

» Key Spouse training: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC

» First Duty Station Officer’s Financial class: 9 to 10 a.m., A&FRC

Child/Youth

For details and to register for KMC Youth Instructional Classes, visit www.86fss.com, select “Family” and click “Instructional Classes” or call 06371-47-6444, Ramstein Youth Programs, or 0631-536-6504, Vogelweh Youth Programs.

Health Promotion

For more information, call Health Promotion at 06371-47-4292 or 480-4292 or stop by Bldg. 2117.

Tuesday

» Healthy Eating: 1 to 2:30 p.m.

THURSDAY

» BOD POD: 1 to 3 p.m.

Oct. 6

» BOD POD: 8 to 10 a.m.

Family Advocacy

To register for classes or for more information, call Family Advocacy at 479-2370 or 06371-46-2370.

» Expectant Parent Orientation (Monthly): Every first Tuesday of each month, 8:30 to 11 a.m., Learning Resource Center, Bldg. 3718, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Learn about birth registration, passports and much more. No sign-up needed. For more information, call the New Parent Support Program at 06371-46-2098 or 479-2098.

» DADS 101: 8 to 10 a.m. the first Monday of every month, Bldg. 2117 (Health Promotion). The class is designed to teach fathers to become more effective parents. It allows dads to ask questions about labor and delivery, teaches them how to calm a crying baby, teaches role adjustment and other infant care issues. To register or for more information, call the New Parent Support Program at 479-2098 or 06371-46-2098.

» Domestic Abuse Victim Advocacy services:

Family Advocacy provides a new service which offers immediate support and service for men or women affected by abuse. The Domestic Abuse Victim Advocacy program is available 24/7. Victims of domestic violence can call 479-2370 during duty hours or 0173-628-4624 after duty hours for a variety of support and advocacy services. Trained personnel stand ready to help. DAVA can provide assistance by helping to develop a safety plan, assessing imminent risk of harm, connecting with helpful services and arranging follow-up care.

Military Family Life Consultants

For details, call 0152-24211233; 0152-02663352; 0176-69333243; or 0151-5674 8179.

» Military family life consultants are licensed clinical providers who assist service members and their families with issues they may face throughout the cycle of deployment to reintegrating with their family and community. The MFLC program provides short-term, non-medical counseling support for a range of issues including: relationships, crisis intervention, stress management, grief, occupational and other individual and family issues. Psycho-educational presentations focused on issues common to the military family including: reunion and reintegration, stress and coping, grief and loss, and deployment and reintegration.

Medical Group

» Self Initiated Care Kit, twice a month. Call 479-2273 (CARE) to sign up for a class.

» Attention: TRICARE online is available for your convenience. Schedule your own appointments, view the home care website, check lab results, contact the nurse advice line, get medication refills and more. To register or for more information, visit www.tricareonline.com.

SARC

For Emergency Victim Care during duty hours and after duty hours, call 480-7272 or 06371-47-7272. For administration questions on the Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Program, call 480-5597 or 06371-47-5597.