Abstract
Military families face unique challenges, especially during times of deployment. Children and youth face particular stressors during deployment and benefit from formal and informal resources as they adapt to resilience. Reaching families of service members in the National Guard and Reserve, the Reserve Component, is more challenging since they are more often geographically dispersed and often less connected to military support systems. Project Youth Extension Service (YES) has provided educational programming and social support for children and youth of RC families during deployment events nationwide for the past 8 years through teams of college interns. The program also provides intensive training and practical experience to college interns in 21st-century workforce skills. We review the context, challenges, program design, and effects, then discuss implications of Project YES using the family life education framework. We close with recommendations for improving practice and training, evaluation and research, and policy.
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