Local resources that address the needs of the
handicapped may be located by checking local
telephone listings under the following headings:
Community Chest
Community Council
Community Planning Council
Community Services
Council for Community Services
Counseling Clinic
Counseling Service
County Department of Health
County Mental Health Association
Family Counseling Service
Family Service
Family Service Association
Health and Welfare Council
Information and Referral Service
Mental Health Clinic
United Fund
United Way
THE FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM
The Family Advocacy Program (FAP) was
developed in 1979 under the auspices of the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED).
BUMED promulgates procedures for identify-
ing, evaluating, intervening in, treating and
preventing cases of abuse, neglect, sexual
assault, and rape of spouses and children in
Navy and Marine Corps families. The Family
Advocacy Representative (FAR) implements
and manages the local Family Advocacy Pro-
gram at the command level. In the absence of
the Family Advocacy Representative, the
Duty Family Advocacy Representative (DFAR)
assumes the duties of the FAR. BUMEDINST
6320.57 series provides information regarding
the Family Advocacy Program. A copy of this
instruction should be maintained within the
ecclesiastical reference library.
PERSONAL AND
FAMILY ENRICHMENT
Personal and family enrichment activities
include any service or program that helps to
strengthen and develop the lives of single serv-
ice members, family members, or families as a
whole. Personal and family enrichment pro-
grams help people to feel good about themselves
and their relationship to each other.
Family Services Centers generally maintain a
list of the personal and family enrichment pro-
grams available within the military and civilian
communities. Several programs which deal with
personal and family enrichment are presented in
the following paragraphs.
Chaplains Religious Enrichment
Development Operation (CREDO)
CREDO is a new kind of learning experience
both for young adults and for leaders in the
Navy. The chief aim of CREDO is to help peo-
ple understand themselves better, develop new
perspectives about their relationships with
friends, shipmates, the Navy, and the broader
world in which they live. CREDO workshops are
designed to explore some of the more distressing
aspects of our contemporary culture. Some of
the subjects explored are the rapidly changing
values concerning the family, such as authority,
religion, personal freedom, drug and alcohol
use, ethnic and racial disharmony, and genera-
tional distrust.
Parent Effectiveness Training (PET)
Parent Effectiveness Training (PET) is a
program designed to enhance the way parents
relate to their children. PET endeavors to show
parents and children how to develop mutual
respect for each other. PET programs are con-
ducted at many local community colleges.
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