The National Military Family Association offers a variety of camp experiences to meet the needs of military families wherever they are in the world. Our Operation Purple® programs are designed for all military families to create opportunities to enhance well-being through connection.
Learn more at: Operation Purple
Our Military Kids awards up to $300 per child (ages 3-18) to fund the extracurricular activity of their choice while a parent is deployed or activated stateside with the National Guard or Reserve.
This grant program is made possible solely through the generosity of foundations, corporations, and individual donations.
Children of the National Guard and Reserves - Deployed or Stateside Activated
Program Grant Application
The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is a legally binding and enforceable agreement that was developed by the Council of State Governments National Center for Interstate Compacts, the U.S. Department of Defense, national associations, federal and state officials, state departments of education, school administrators, and military families. It is designed to ease the educational transitions of military children as they transfer between public and Department of Defense Education Activity schools in the areas of enrollment, placement and attendance, eligibility, and graduation.
The children of active-duty members of the uniformed services, National Guard and Reserve on active-duty orders, commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Public Health Service (USPHS), and members or veterans who are medically discharged or retired for one year are eligible for assistance under the Compact. The Compact also covers students of members who perish while on active duty for a period of one year following their death.
For more information, visit www.mic3.net.
Camp Corral is a free summer camp designed for children of wounded, ill and fallen military heroes. Its mission is to transform the lives of these children by providing camp, advocacy and enrichment programs that help them build coping skills, increase self-confidence, and make friends. The camp offers a unique experience that includes adventure, social interaction, and life skill developments, ensuring that children feel supported and valued as part of a military family.
For more information, visit https://www.campcorral.org/.
Camp Southern Ground was founded by Grammy Award-winning artist Zac Brown with a single purpose of putting more good into the world. As an inclusive camp, we serve children ages 7-17, from all socioeconomic backgrounds, races and religions, with programs that challenge, educate, and inspire. During summer, Camp Southern Ground hosts campers for week-long residential camps. We bring together typically developing children, children with neurodevelopmental differences, children from underserved areas, and children from military and veteran families. We believe that by including as many children as possible, we create a stronger community that can learn and grow together. For the remainder of the year, it becomes a place where veterans and their families find community, direction, purpose, and support.
For more information, visit https://campsouthernground.org/.
Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Youth