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Air Force launches Family Vector website for EFMP families
March 3, 2021
EFMP Official Graphic

Online tool focuses on exceptional family members
February 10, 2021
U.S. Airmen and the child of a Department of Defense service member congratulate each other.

Air Force hosts virtual 2020 EFMP Summit
November 17, 2020
EFMP Official Graphic

Air Force updates travel screening process for EFMP families
November 4, 2020
EFMP Official Graphic

Community rolls up sleeves for EFMP blood drive
September 18, 2020
Blood extraction

Exceptional Family Member Program hosts blood drive Sept. 16 at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
September 8, 2020
Blood donors are needed as the Joint Base San Antonio Exceptional Family Member Program is hosting a blood drive from 8-11 a.m. Sept. 16 at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center, 3060 Stanley Road, building 2797.

Air Force stands up new division to enhance customer service for EFMP families
June 30, 2020
Exceptional Family Member Program logo

EFMP support doesn’t skip a beat despite social distancing measures
June 12, 2020
Exceptional Family Member Program logo

AF implements options for Exceptional Family Members during pandemic
April 10, 2020
The Air Force is providing additional support to Airmen with exceptional family members during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning April 15, Exceptional Family Member Program families can initiate their Family Member Travel Screening package online. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

DOD vows to help Exceptional Family Member Program
February 11, 2020
The Defense Department is working to improve the Exceptional Family Member Program with several initiatives, a Defense Department official said at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. (Photo Credit: Air Force Airman 1st Class Lillian Miller)

Orientation session kicks off new year for EFMP
December 13, 2019
Illustration of the letters EFMP, which stand for Exceptional Family Member Program.

Air Force EFMP families can attend Virtual Summit 3.0
August 28, 2019

Lackland EFMP, Lighthouse for the Blind assist the Alamo Wing with back-to-school supplies
August 8, 2019
433rd Airlift Wing members pick up school supplies Aug. 4 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The Lackland Exceptional Family Member Program and the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind & Vision Impaired teamed together to provide no-cost backpacks and back-to-school supplies to Reserve Citizen Airmen with the Alamo Wing.

Special needs children ride, learn about horses at EFMP equestrian camp
July 19, 2019
Ava Barth sits on top of a horse at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Equestrian Center June 27. Barth was one of 12 children who participated in the JBSA Exceptional Family Member Program Equestrian Camp held at the equestrian center June 25-27. The camp allowed special needs children from military families and their siblings to learn about horsemanship and to ride horses. Leading Byers on her horse is camp volunteer Antonio Nava.

April highlights Autism Awareness
April 19, 2019
Alyssa Carvajal bowls with her son, Easton, Jan. 30, 2019, at the bowling event held by Exceptional Family Member Program-Family Support at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

Workshop focuses on financial planning for families with special-needs members
March 14, 2019
A workshop addressing financial planning for families enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program is set for 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 28 at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Military & Family Readiness Center.

Bimonthly workshops planned at JBSA-Randolph for EFMP families
December 6, 2018
A dependent with special needs and disabilities has a group of JBSA medical professionals, therapists, child development specialists and representatives from the Exceptional Family Member Program who come up with a plan for caregivers to follow in helping the child develop. The team includes the parents of the child with special needs and/or disabilities and caregivers, both of whom provide input on the child’s developing needs.

Exceptional Family Member Program offers service, assistance to families with special needs
September 26, 2018
Valerie Barber, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Exceptional Family Member Program family support coordinator, hands out informational materials at a local resource fair.

Air Force hosts EFMP summit for exceptional family members
September 20, 2018
The Air Force hosted an Exceptional Family Member Program summit Aug. 28-29 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. EFMP allows Airmen to proceed to assignment locations where suitable medical, educational and other resources are available to treat special needs family members.

Air Force offers hope for families of children with autism
June 19, 2018
Raising a child with autism is a challenge for any family, especially for military families. The Air Force offers programs to help families cope with the frequent moves, deployments and other disruptions of military life, and therapies that can bring hope to parents that their child will reach their full potential.