NOTE FROM S.A.F.E NETWORK (The sections that apply to services and programs we found are AFI14-301; Chapter 2.2; 2.4.4, and 3.1

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COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 40-301 1
MAY 2002 Medical Command FAMILY ADVOCACY OPR: AFMOA/SGZF

CHAPTER 2 PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW

2.1. The Family Advocacy Program. The Air Force FAP is a medical program that enhances Air Force readiness by promoting family and community health and resilience and advocates for nonviolent communities. .................... In concert with installation and community agencies, the Air Force FAP provides a continuum of services designed to build community health and resiliency. The FAP facilitates family, community, and mission readiness.

2.2. Program Components. The FAP is comprised of three principal components: prevention services, maltreatment intervention, and the special needs identification and assignment coordination.

2.2.1. Prevention: The installation FAP prevention team will collaborate with key community leaders, the Integrated Delivery System (IDS), and other helping agencies to provide services that enhance the resilience of Air Force communities and reduce the incidence of family maltreatment. Programs are directed toward community organization and the provision of prevention services. FAP prevention services include Outreach, the New Parent Support Program (NPSP), and on a space-available basis, Secondary Prevention Counseling Services. FAP Outreach is designed to coordinate and implement primary and secondary services that include education and skill development, advocacy, collaboration, community intervention, referral links to community resources, and marketing the FAP. The NPSP provides communication and home-based education and support services to families with children ages' birth to three years, including the prenatal period.

2.4. Civilian Family Advocacy Staff. AFMOA/SGZF uses congressional funds allocated for maltreatment intervention and prevention services to provide civilian staffing for FAP. The staff may be hired through the civilian personnel system or personal services contract. Civilian FAP staff will not provide special needs assignment coordination services, but will offer maltreatment intervention and prevention services to special needs families. All FAP staff is involved in providing maltreatment prevention services.

2.4.4. Civilian Providers of FAP Outreach Services: All FAP services performed by the FAOM will be nonclinical and of a community organization focus. Therefore, FAOMs will not be allowed to acquire privileges, so as to function solely as key facilitator and coordinator for FAP marketing and community prevention services.

CHAPTER 3 PREVENTION

3.1. Policy Statement for FAP Community Prevention : The unique mission of FAP community prevention is to facilitate the reduction in the number and severity of incidents of family maltreatment, with an overarching goal to build healthy communities. Outreach is the FAP umbrella component that supports all FAP programs and services and is the conduit for FAP prevention and community activity. The function of the Outreach component is structured through four key Outreach domains: Advocacy, Training, Education, and Skills Development and Marketing; and three key strategies: Resource Finding and Service Linking, Collaboration, and Community Intervention. Through Outreach implementation, these domains and strategies guide FAP prevention from theory to practice and support community competence on maltreatment dynamics, reporting, and prevention. Under the direction of the FAO, the Family Advocacy Outreach Manager (FAOM) leads the prevention team and facilitates and coordinates FAP prevention and community initiatives utilizing this operational structure. All FAP services, activities, and collaborative initiatives support community cohesion and promote advocacy for nonviolent communities. The FAP team focuses prevention program planning, development, implementation, and service delivery, on enhancing and building community capacity. FAP community service efforts include a focus on building connections among formal and informal civilian and military leadership, agencies, and organizations. The goal of FAP prevention is to decrease behaviors that contribute to family maltreatment and enhance behaviors that foster a healthy lifestyle.