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Download or read book Support to Military Families in Transition written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this review is threefold: 1. to review the role and the challenges faced by families in transition; 2. to identify existing supports available; and 3. to review recent reports addressing the issue of families in transition and the action taken related to the recommendations from those reports as of January 1, 2016. [...] The review included a scan of current CAF and VAC policies related to families of medically-releasing CAF members and interviews with key stakeholders.5 It also included a review of the recommendations and government responses to the following reports, which identified challenges faced by families in transition from military to civilian life: Improving the New Veterans Charter: The Report, Offic [...] Some of the challenges outlined in the reports related to the current services and support provided to the families of transitioning members include: Insufficient counselling, education and support to help the family cope with and care for a transitioning member who suffers from a mental health problem(s).29 Insufficient assistance to families to help them find a family doctor, specialist care [...] In July 2015, the CAF and VAC launched the Veterans 20/20 Project to close the seam between the two departments and to reduce the barriers to a successful transition. [...] In the event of a Veteran's death, rehabilitation program, their spouse in the event of death, that VAC consider survivors may be eligible to receive the RISB if the deceased VAC cannot provide the use of a probable earnings approach in Veteran met, or would have met had they applied, the services to family determining the amount of the benefits, and include eligibility requirements for the RISB a.