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GAO-07-317R 1 (2007-03-16)

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        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


          March 16, 2007

          The Honorable Carl Levin
          Chairman
          The Honorable John McCain
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Armed Services
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Ike Skelton
          Chairman
          The Honorable Duncan Hunter
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Armed Services
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Military Personnel: Medical, Family Support, and Educational Services Are
                  Available for Exceptional Family Members

          The Department of Defense's (DOD) Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) is a
          mandatory enrollment program for active duty servicemembers who have family members
          with special medical needs.' When military servicemembers are considered for assignment to
          an installation within the United States, EFMP enrollment is used to determine whether
          needed services, such as specialized pediatric care, are available through the military health
          system at the proposed location. Due to this consideration, each military service assigns
          servicemembers with exceptional family members who have significant needs to certain
          locations because of the resources available through DOD's health care system in these
          communities.2 Further, DOD policy allows (but does not require) the military services to
          provide family support services specifically for exceptional family members.3 State and local
          medical, family support, and educational services in these communities may also serve the
          military's exceptional family members as part of providing services to local residents.





          'While EFMP also considers educational needs when assigning service members outside the United
          States, this report only focuses on EFMP within the United States. Within the United States, federal
          law ensures that a free, appropriate public education is made available to all eligible children. This
          education may include special education and related services, as appropriate.

          2Throughout this report we refer to family members with special needs as exceptional family
          members.
          3See DOD Instruction 1342.22, Family Centers, December 30, 1992.


GAO-07-317R DOD Exceptional Family Member Program

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