Registration is now open for MFRI’s 13th annual Battlemind to Home Summit, which will bring together experts in mental health, law, community services and faith to strategize on helping active service members, veterans and their families better transition from the battlefront to the home front.
Community Outreach
MFRI partners with Hamilton Center to promote high standards of care for military families
Hamilton Center in Terre Haute has become the first three-star center in MFRI’s new Star Behavioral Health Providers designation system for organizations.
New Illinois program seeks to serve low-income, homeless and low-resource rural veterans
The Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) at Purdue University is collaborating with University of Illinois Extension and select Illinois food pantries and faith-based communities on Reaching Rural Veterans (RRV).
Purdue’s Military Family Research Institute to host Battlemind to Home Summit
Legal, mental health and community leaders will learn and share strategies to ease the transition from the battlefront to the home front for military personnel, veterans and their families during the 11th annual Battlemind to Home Summit on Oct. 27.
Madison County group receives support to help improve access to veteran resources
MFRI and the PCRD announce that the Madison County Joining Community Forces Network’s Military Supportive Communities Initiative (MSCI) Pathway Project proposal was accepted.
Families Tackling Tough Times Together
Purdue University’s College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) is pleased to launch Families Tackling Tough Times Together, a program to support families as they deal with the COVID-19 pandemic
Joining Community Forces Indiana a collaborative effort to serve military families
In 2014 Joining Community Forces Indiana (JCFI) was created to better serve service members, veterans and their families.
Hungry veterans need help. Here’s how communities can provide it.
Nearly one in four U.S. veterans faces hunger. A recent study by Purdue University’s Military Family Research Institute at 10 faith-based food pantries in Indiana and Kentucky – five pantries in each state – suggests there is promise for underserved veterans and their families.
Participants sought: Conversations about post-deployment adjustment
University of South Florida researchers are seeking eligible military spouses or significant others to participate in a study that seeks to understand the experiences of partners who have (or have had) concerns about their service member’s post-deployment adjustment.
Communities selected to enhance lives of military members with MFRI’s Military Supportive Communities Initiative
Two communities were selected to participate in MFRI’s new initiative, the Military Supportive Communities Initiative (MSCI.). MSCI is intended for places that are dedicated to improving the lives of military families.