Audio by Bruce Moody | Military OneSource | 10.24.2024
Learn about one family’s experience with the expanded Military Parental Leave Program. The policy provides 12 weeks of paid parental leave to service members who welcome a child into their family through birth, adoption or long-term foster care placement. Host Bruce Moody speaks with Heather and Marine Capt. Richard LeCompte, who took advantage of the expanded policy when their child was......
Audio by Bruce Moody | Military OneSource | 05.03.2024
Learn about how military families can serve the nearly 400,000 children in the foster care system, how to start the fostering process through state and county agencies with the help of AdoptUSKids and Military OneSource, and the attributes of successful foster families, including flexibility, commitment and dependability, and strong sense of community — all strengths of military......
Audio by Bruce Moody | Military OneSource | 06.30.2023
Learn more about the variety of Defense Department support for military families who are considering adoption. The mobile military life is not a barrier to adoption, and service members have a range of military resources, including adoption reimbursement. Host Bruce Moody speaks with Sgt. Maj. Steve Minyard, senior enlisted advisor, assistant secretary of defense for Manpower & Reserve......
