The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University is pleased to announce the release of five new How to Help issues, made possible through collaboration with the Department of Defense and the Department of Agriculture.
Just like the original 11 How to Help issues, the new issues have been vetted by subject matter experts. Like their predecessors, they include evidence-informed information to help familiarize and guide targeted audiences about how to best serve military members, veterans and their families. All issues help support efforts to build community support for military-affiliated families while increasing knowledge across a variety of professions and communities, and the newest were created specifically for:
- Academic advisors
- Higher education faculty
- Disability offices at colleges and universities
- Family caregivers
- Professionals who work with military-affiliated families with special needs
“We are very pleased to be able to present these new issues,” said Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, director of MFRI and a professor at Purdue University. “The goal is to increase understanding of military and veteran families –who live in every community. These issues don’t just cover the unique stresses and obstacles these families face. They also reveal the strengths and opportunities that they bring to communities in which they live. By increasing understanding of these families, we hope to build communities’ capacity to support them.”
The original 11 How to Helps were created with assistance from the National Military Family Association. All issues are available online in "web-friendly" and "printer-friendly" formats. For more information, contact MFRI External Relations Director Beth Johnson at bethjohnson@purdue.edu.