Army Integrated Family Support Network (AIFSN)
About the Army Integrated Family Support Network (AIFSN)
Program Overview
Scheduled to launch in early 2008, the Army Integrated Family Support Network (AIFSN) will provide a new support system for Soldiers and families regardless of their proximity to a military installation.
- The network will address family issues head on by providing a single, holistic institutional network of standardized services.
- Services will encompass active Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard Soldiers and their families. This program will also target new Soldiers and families, improving initial awareness of and access to services.
- The AIFSN was specifically designed to meet the needs of geographically dispersed Soldiers and families, from mobilized Soldiers to recruiters to families located outside reasonable driving distances of military facilities.
- An initial $7 million has already been invested to jump start the program and create uniform family programs across components. This funding provides cross-level staffing, training and advanced technology.
- Supporting the family readiness needs of the entire expeditionary force, the AIFSN will provide more consistent and uniform family services during extended deployments.
Features and Capabilities
The system will provide baseline services including:
- Referral programs
- Money management tools
- Information for wounded Soldiers
- Budget support
- Legal information
- Pre-deployment support
- Resources for managing deployments
- TriCare/medical information
- Local community services and programs
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