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President Barack Obama has approved an extension of a continuing resolution that gives service members and veterans until April 8 to file for ‘stop-loss’ funds if their service was involuntarily extended between Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 30, 2009. Find out if you are eligible at the Department of Defense website.

 Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth spoke to Illinois Public Media about the many ways military families respond to the challenges they face during deployments, the creativity that they exhibit, and the things they can teach us about adaptation and family resilience.

The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University awarded more than $9,400 to six Indiana student veterans' organizations, including one that replicated a football rivalry event that raised more than $2,700 for a veterans' charity. The grants ranged from $685 to $2,000 and were awarded through MFRI's Operation Diploma. Funded by Lilly Endowment Inc., Operation […]

Flanked by First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, the vice president's wife, President Obama on Monday revealed an ambitious push to increase support for military families in a speech before about 100 invited guests, including Cabinet members, top military members and their spouses, and MFRI director Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth. Obama spoke in the East […]

Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, director of the Military Family Research Institute, discussed the organization’s ongoing work on behalf of military families — active-duty, Guard, Reserve and veterans — during the 3rd Annual Trauma Spectrum conference held Dec. 7-8 in Bethesda, Md.. Presented by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, the […]

Holly Petraeus has worked for the Better Business Bureau since 2004. The wife of Gen. David Petraeus, who is also a MFRI advisory council member, offers sage advice on how military families can protect themselves from scams in a recent edition of USAA Magazine. Read the full article here.