INFORMATION PAPER

							                                 INFORMATION PAPER
                                                                               DACH-MIR
                                                                          8 February 2008

SUBJECT: Civilian Clergy Deployment Resource Guide

1. Purpose: To provide information about the Civilian Clergy Deployment Resource
Guide, “Ministering to Families Affected by Military Deployment.”

2. Facts:

   a. The Civilian Clergy Deployment Resource Guide is available digitally on the Chief
of Chaplains’ webpage at http://www.chapnet.army.mil. It is in Word format and can
easily be downloaded for printing.

   b. The Directorate of Ministry Initiatives is in the process of revising and updating
the guide.

   c. The guide consists of information papers to assist civilian clergy in providing
ministry to family members of mobilized members of the National Guard and Reserves.

   d. The topics covered in the guide are:

   (1) “Coming Home” brochures for Soldiers and their Families
   (2) Points of Contact for state National Guard Family Program Offices
   (3) Healthcare benefits for Reserve Component Soldiers and their Families when on
Active Duty for more than 30 days
   (4) An internet “One Source” point of contact to find help for Family members of
mobilized Reserve Component Soldiers
   (5) Resources to help Family members of mobilized Reserve Component Soldiers
learn about their benefits
   (6) Information on Stress Management
   (7) Information on normal experiences after deployment and post-traumatic stress
disorder
   (8) Access to the American Red Cross
   (9) Ministry to Soldier Families in times of grief
   (10) The Emotional Cycle of Deployment: A Military Family Perspective

   e. Suggestions for changes or additional information for the guide can be sent to the
Directorate of Ministry Initiatives, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway Suite 10600, ATTN:
DACH-MIR, Arlington, VA 22202-3259 or emailed to jonathan.gibbs@hqda.army.mil.


                                             CH (LTC) Jonathan Gibbs/703-601-4449
                       Approved by: CH (COL) David Reese, Director, Ministry Initiatives