· Fleet and Family Support Center: Most bases will have FFSC offices to serve military families. These centers can offer counseling, classes on finances, credit, parenting, etc., career & employment assistance, and other support for military families.

· USO: The USO offers many free activities for military members and their families. They often have free dinners and holiday activities for children.

· Military Outreach Ministries: These resources offer help with food. If a military family finds in a bind, these are programs to help with food.

· Operation Homefront: This program is specifically for families with a deployed service member. They help with many different situations a family may face while their service member is deployed.

· Navy Marine Corps Relief Society: The NMCRS Helps financially. They offer low or no interest loans to military families who find themselves faced with financial difficulties.

· San Diego Armed Serivces YMCA: This YMCA program deals entirely with the military. It offers counseling for military youths, activities for adults, after school care, and many other programs for military families.

· Exceptional Family Member Program: This program is specifically for military families in which a member is disabled either physically or mentally in some way. They offer classes, get-togethers, and assistance in obtaining special needs or care for the disabled family member.

· The Red Cross: The Red Cross has always been a great source of help to military families. They are especially helpful in getting a deployed service member home in an emergency.

· Ombudsman: The ombudsman is the liaison between the military family and a service member’s duty Commanding Officer. The ombudsman can be a great source of information, or just getting word to a deployed service member.