BANGOR – The Armed Services YMCA, in an initiative with the Department of Defense, is working with the National YMCA to provide eligible military families and active-duty personnel with access to youth development, family strengthening, and health and well-being programs through memberships at the Bangor Y.
Membership fees will be underwritten by the Department of Defense and administered through Military OneSource.
The Armed Services YMCA-Department of Defense Outreach Initiative responds to a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, which requires the secretary of defense to develop a plan to support military family readiness and ensure that military family readiness programs and activities are available to all deployed National Guard and Reserve families, and some active-duty families in certain categories.
The national program is expected to serve more than 27,000 military families and active-duty members.
Eligible participants can sign up by calling Jerry Rice at the Bangor Y, 941-2808, providing proof of eligibility by showing a military identification card and a copy of deployment orders, and completing an eligibility verification form. Eligibility forms can be found at www.militaryonesource.com or at the Bangor Y, 17 Second St.
Those eligible to participate in the new initiative include: all interested families of joint deployed National Guard and Reserves; active-duty families assigned to newly established joint bases created by the Base Realignment Closure process; active-duty independent duty station personnel (single or family members); and relocated spouses and family members of deployed active-duty personnel.
For more information about the Armed Services YMCA-Department of Defense Outreach Initiative, visit www.asymca.org or www.bangorY.org or call 941-2808.
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