2023 Legislative Priorities: Military Families First
The National Military Family Association (NMFA) has been on the Hill working and advocating for military families.
The National Military Family Association (NMFA) has been on the Hill working and advocating for military families.
According to the Department of Defense, an unacceptable 24% of military families are food insecure – there is a food pantry on or near every single US military base.
NMFA weighed in on the proposed NDAA and policies impacting military families before the deliberations began.
Survey of 2,000 military teens shows an overwhelming majority plan to be a part of America’s force of the future.
Military families struggling with food insecurity can look to the FY22 NDAA for relief thanks to the Basic Needs Allowance.
Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021, which did not include the proposed Military Family Basic Needs Allowance.