Airman & Family Readiness Center:
Building 606, Room 140
Phone: 720-847-6681, DSN 847-6681
Fax: 720-847-6697, DSN 847-6697
Hours:
Monday – Friday 0730-1630, closed on holidays
The Airman and Family Readiness Section (A&FRS) serves as the readiness focal point in assisting active duty military, their family members, retirees, and DoD civilians in achieving personal/interpersonal success and adapting to the military way of life. A&FRS achieves this by offering a wide range of services and programs. One of its major functions is linkage—ensuring their customer base is connected with the appropriate services on and off base by establishing partnerships with base leadership, base organizations, and community agencies.
Core Services
- Leadership Consultation Readiness
- School Liaison Officer (SLO)
Buckley’s SLO services are designed to address education issues of the Total Force, helping families to cope with the normal reaction to the stressors related to multiple relocations, deployments and the everyday challenges of military life. The SLO services also focus on education through direct and proactive partnerships with our local schools and tailored transition assistance to relocating families.
- Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
a. Informs and educates EFMP families and leadership about EFMP, emphasizing available community support services.
b. Refers Airmen and Family members to support services and advocacy assistance.
c. Refers Airmen and Family members to EFMP-Medical (SNIAC) for screening and enrollment.
d. Networks with installation EFMP-Medical to provide referral and support community resources.
e. Coordinates resource directory of local, state/county and federal agencies, both educational and medical.
f. Markets and publicizes EFMP program to dispel the myths and increase enrollment.
g. Provides a continuum of care to facilitate a seamless transition from installation to installation.
- Causality Assistance
Casualty Assistance Office is responsible for providing prompt and accurate casualty reporting; dignified and humane casualty notifications to surviving families; and finally ensures efficient, thorough and compassionate follow-on NOK assistance for as long as is needed.
- Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)
SBP is a means of continuing retired pay after retiree dies. Military pay stops when a member dies. Participation in SBP (a Government subsidized program) makes it possible for retiring members to ensure that after their death, their eligible survivors receive a portion of their military retired pay in the form of a monthly annuity.
- Personal and Family Life
- Transition
- Relocation
We provide Inbound and Outbound services such as Newcomers’ Orientation, One-on-one assistance, local area information, eSponsorship, sponsor Packages, Discovery Center, and information & referral from websites such as Military HOMEFRONT & Military One Source.
- Employment Assistance
- Financial Management
- Wounded Warrior
- Information and Referrals
- Military Relief Processing (Air Force Aid, Army Emergency Relief, and Navy/Marine Corps Relief Societies)
- Local Area School Districts
