Resources

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Missouri O:MK
Core Partners
More Resources
Ready, Set, Goal Manual
Day Camp Manual

Missouri O:MK

• State and county Extension staff, community agencies, schools, and 4-H Club youth are reaching out to military youth…before, during and after their parents are deployed.  This outreach effort is called Operation: Military Kids. 
  Annual Report (PDF 1.72 MB)

• A healthy parenting toolkit from ParentLink to help you talk about deployment, relocation, dangerous work, times of crisis, and other general parenting topics.
  ParentLink – support for military families

• National Operation: Military Kids website http://www.operationmilitarykids.org

• Money Matters: Family Finances from MissouriFamilies.org http://missourifamilies.org/features/financearticles/index.htm

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O:MK Core Partners

• Army Child & Youth Services (CYS) http://www.armymwr.com/portal/family/childandyouth

• Navy Child & Youth Programs
  https://qol.persnet.navy.mil/CYPWeb/Web/Home/Home.aspx

• Air Force Youth Programs
  http://www.afyouthprograms.com

• U.S. Marine Corps Children, Youth & Teen Programs
  http://www.usmc-mccs.org/cyt/

• National 4-H Headquarters
  http://www.national4-hheadquarters.gov/

• The American Legion
  http://www.legion.org

• Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA)
  http://www.bgca.org

• Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)
  http://www.militarychild.org

• National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
  http://www.NACCRRA.org

• Reduce Your Child Care Costs During Deployment (PDF)

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More O:MK Resources (listed alphabetically)

• 4-H Military Partnerships
  http://www.4-hmilitarypartnerships.org

• Academy for Educational Development, Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
  http://www.aed.org

• Air Force
  http://www.afcrossroads.com

• America Supports You
  http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org

• American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
  http://www.aaets.org

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  http://www.aap.org

• American School Counselor Association http://www.schoolcounselor.org/index.asp

• Army Integrated Family Support Network
  http://www.myarmylifetoo.com

• Army MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation)
  http://www.armymwr.com

• Army Reserve Family Programs
  http://www.arfp.org

• Army's Virtual Family Readiness Group
  http://www.armyfrg.org

• Association of the United States Army (AUSA)
  http://www.ausa.org

• Child Care Aware
  http://www.childcareaware.org

• Children's Defense Fund
  http://www.childrensdefense.org

• Community Youth Mapping
  http://www.communityyouthmapping.org

• CYFERnet-Chiidren, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network
  http://www.cyfernet.org

• Department of Defense Deployment LINK (Deployment Health Support)
  http://www.deploymentlink.osd.mil

• Department of Defense Dictionary of Military Terms
  http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict

• Department of Defense Educational Opportunities http://www.militarystudent.org

• Department of Defense
  http://www.defenselink.mil

• Deployment Support Link
  http://www.deploymentlink.osd.mil

• Deploymentkids.com – activities for kids and parents
  http://www.deploymentkids.com/

• Hooah4Health
  http://hooah4health.com/

• Marine Corps Community Services
  http://www.usmc-mccs.org

• Military Homefront
  http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil

• Military Impacted Schools Association http://www.militaryimpactedschoolsassociation.org

• Military One Source
  http://www.militaryonesource.com

• Military Student in Transition and Deployment. http://www.militarystudent.org

• Military Teens on the Move (MTOM)
  http://www.defenselink.mil/mtom

• My Army Benefits
  http://myarmybenefits.us.army.mil

• My Army Life Too
  http://www.myarmylifetoo.com

• National 4-H Council
  http://www.fourhcouncil.edu

• National After School Organization
  http://www.naaweb.org

• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  http://www.naeyc.org

• National Association of School Psychologists
  http://www.nasponline.org

• National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/

• National Guard Family Programs
  http://www.guardfamily.org

• National Military Family Association
  http://www.nmfa.org

• Zero to Three
  http://www.zerotothree.org

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Ready, Set, Go Manual Resources

The following documents are in PDF.

• 40 Developmental Assets

• America at War: Helping our Children Cope

• American at War: Our Attitude Makes a Difference

• Building Resilience in Children in the Face of Fear and Tragedy

• Children and Grief:  How they know, How they feel, How to help

• Children and TV Violence

• The Emotional Cycle of Deployment: A military family perspectives

• Deployment Stress Related Issues

• Drugs, Alcohol and Your Kid

• Fears

• Fostering Resilience in a Time of War

• Fostering Resiliency in Kids: Protective factors in the family, school and community

• Helping Children Adjust to Reunion

• Helping Children Cope with a Disaster

• Helping Children Cope with Stress

• How to Talk with Kids about the Violent Images of War

• Parents and Teachers Can Assist Children

• Parents Guide to School Transition

• Reactions and Guidelines for Children following Trauma/Disaster

• Resiliency Requires Changing Hearts and Minds

• Strategies for Parents and Teachers to Assist Children Manage Stress

• Stress and Coping in Childhood

• Stress and Young Children

• Talking to Children about Deployment...Before it happens

• Talking to Children about Terrorism and War

• Talking with Kids about Violent Images of War

• Tips for Parents to Keep in Mind

• Types of Prevention Strategies

Your Soldier, Your Army: A Parents' Guide (cover)
Your Soldier, Your Army: A Parents' Guide (complete text)

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Discover the Fun: A Day Camp Resource
The first section of the manaual includes general information about conducting day camps along with an overview for creating a positive and safe youth development program.

The second section includes specific activities, marketing materials, sample agendas and evaluations for Discover the Fun Hero Day Camps conducted for Missouri’s military youth.

While these camps were developed specifically for military youth the activities can be adapted to a variety of settings.

Operation: Military Kids Discover the Fun Hero Camp (PDF 7.75 MB)

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