from the Veterans and Military Families Caucus (VMFC, www.VMFCDemocrats.org) of the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA, www.VADemocrats.org)

On Monday, January 24th President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden announced a historic, whole-of-government initiative on behalf of our military families to ensure that the federal government is doing everything it can to support the families of our men and women in uniform.  This unprecedented action by the federal government brings a commitment from all of the cabinet agencies together to focus on the issues affecting our community.

From child care to health care to spouse employment, the report — titled “Strengthening our Military Families: Meeting America’s Commitment” — identifies the key issues military families face and presents programs and resources government agencies plan to roll out in the coming months to address them. The report outlines four key areas that the government-wide effort plans to address: enhancing military families’ well-being and psychological health, developing military spouse career and education opportunities, increasing child care availability and quality and ensuring excellence in military children’s education and development.

• You can watch the video of the event HERE
• You can read the transcript of the President’s, First Lady’s and Dr. Biden’s remarks HERE
• You can see the full press release HERE