VFW National Home for Children provides aid to military, veteran families in Cherokee County
Veteran-focused child-care agency programs available nationwide

VFW Post and Ladies Auxiliary 3447 are celebrating VFW National Home for Children Awareness Week, March 23-29.

The National Home is a nonprofit child care agency in Michigan that helps children and families of America's active-duty military and war veterans nationwide by providing a place to turn in troubled times.

The National Home Helpline offers nationwide assistance and connection to supportive services in the Cherokee County community. In addition to Helpline services, the National Home's traditional residential on-campus programs are designed to give veterans' families an opportunity for a better life. Eligibility for these programs is based on the child(ren) having a living (or deceased) parent or grandparent who is (or was) a VFW or Ladies Auxiliary member in good standing. Deployed military members' children or their spouses with children and veterans with a service-connected disability with their families may also be eligible.

Military and veteran families or their children may not need on-campus programs; however, they seek supportive services in their own community. The National Home helps people with a variety of supportive services depending on what is needed. Sometimes, it is simply connecting a family with services available in their own community. Other times, intensive case management support helps resolve pressing issues. Social workers at the National Home have an extensive knowledge of veterans' services in addition to special connections to help the veteran community.

Active-duty military families, as well as families of veterans, very often find themselves in situations in which they need somewhere to turn for help. For example, a deployed service member who is also a single parent may place their child(ren) in the National Home's residential program. During the time of deployment, this service member will rest assured knowing their children are receiving proper care while they are overseas. Upon return to the states, the family will be reunited.

Whatever the case may be, the National Home offers services available in the specialized on-campus program along with the National Home Helpline with support services all designed to provide the best in love, care and education the children and families.

For National Home Awareness Week, tell someone in Cherokee County about the services offered by the National Home. Today, you can help a child or family in need find the answers for which they have been searching. America has not forgotten about its war heroes.

The VFW National Home for Children's Helpline number is 800-851-0238; email: help@vfwnationalhome.org; online: www.vfwnational home.org.