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Our Commitment to YouMilitary Family Resource Centres (MFRCs) - found at 43 CF locations across Canada and in Europe - are the backbone of the Military Family Service Program.
Professional staff, together with volunteers provide support for families in need of information and referral; they work with children and youth; administer educational programs; promote quality of life issues and provide crisis intervention services.
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Spouses are important!
The Program had its formal start in 1991, in recognition of the major movement of women into the workforce over the past decade and the sacrifices made by spouses during out of country deployments and extended TD. Spouses of Canadian Forces members make a valuable contribution to all CF missions. The program was set up to give them a full voice in developing and shaping the services which affect their daily lives and those of their children.
What's offered?
The Military Family Support Program (MFSP) is implemented through Military Family Resource Centres at all Canadian bases, wings and stations, as well as at some foreign locations. Its programs provide needed information, support and referral; promote health and social well-being; buffer lifestyle stresses; enhance coping skills; assist in preventing individual, family and community breakdown; and help individuals or families in distress.
Professional staff and volunteers provide programs in five mandated areas: information and referral; children and youth; education and quality of life, which includes deployment assistance and employment assistance; volunteer development and involvement as well as crisis intervention.
How is it run?
Each Military Family Resource Centre is normally incorporated as a not-for-profit agency in the province in which it is located. It is governed by a community elected Board of Directors of which at least 51% must be spouses/partners of regular force CF members. Each Board works in partnership with the local military commander to serve the needs of all CF families in the area. Outside Canada, Military Family Resource Centres have an Advisory Board to the local commander.
Since l991, Military Family Resource Centres have become an integral part of the CF lifestyle. The incorporated not for profit agency model has opened the door to various local and provincial grants and fundraising opportunities. MFRCs have over 700 full and part-time employees, many of them spouses of CF members, and in excess of 1500 other CF community members who serve as volunteers at centres across Canada.
