The Office of Special Needs serves and supports military families that have members with special needs. This annual report to Congress details community outreach activities, service gaps and stakeholder education efforts.

Military Community Advocacy oversees and manages the Defense Department’s congressionally mandated programs responsible for the prevention and response to child abuse and neglect, domestic abuse, intimate partner abuse, child and youth initiated problematic sexual behaviors and harmful behaviors in children and youth.

This annual report to Congress describes Defense Department plans and program assessment pertaining to military family readiness.

The Military Spouse License Portability Assessment report informs policymakers of the time it takes military spouses to obtain an occupational license when they relocate out of state due to a PCS. The report includes findings as to the time and cost involved with the application process, supporting documentation requirements and information accessibility. It also includes recommendations to improve the licensing process and detailed findings for each state and the District of Columbia.

This report to Congress addresses the current state of license portability for military spouses, which is the result of six years’ worth of consultations among the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security and the states.

This report presents results of the evaluation of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership program, the plan to implement changes to partner criteria, data on new partnerships resulting from the evaluation and data on the utility of the MSEP program. It reports on the number of spouses applying for jobs through MSEP, the average length of time jobs are available before being filled or removed from the MSEP Job Search, and the average number of new jobs posted to the MSEP Job Search each month.