The Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) is a mandatory enrollment program that works with other military and civilian agencies to provide comprehensive and coordinated community support, housing, educational, medical, and personnel services to families with special needs. Airmen and Guardians on active duty enroll in the program when they have a family member with a physical, emotional, developmental, or intellectual disorder requiring specialized services; so medical and educational needs can be considered in the military personnel assignment process. The overall goal of EFMP is to help families accompany the service member to the right duty locations, not to exclude them.

Drilling Air Force Reserve Service members are not eligible for the Exceptional Family Member Program.

Military One Source Exceptional Family Member Program Overview:
https://www.militaryonesource.mil/special-needs/efmp/

DoD EFMP Quick reference Guide:
https://download.militaryonesource.mil/12038/MOS/ResourceGuides/OSN-EFMP-family-support-reference-guide.pdf DoD Regulation 1315.19:

Exceptional Family Member Program:
https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/131519.pdf

DoD Regulation 1342.12: Provision of Early Intervention and Special Education Services to Eligible DOD Dependents:
https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/134212p.pdf

Exceptional Family Member Program Coverage overview:
https://www.militaryonesource.mil/special-needs/efmp/making-the-most-of-efmp-family-support-services-with-the-efmp-family-needs-assessment/

Air Force Exceptional Family Member Program Benefits and Entitlements:
https://www.afpc.af.mil/Exceptional-Family-Member-Program/

Air Force Instruction 40-701: Medical Support to Family Member Relocation and Exceptional Family Member Program:
https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_sg/publication/afi40-701/afi40-701.pdf

For the location of the Exceptional Family Member Program office on local Air Force Installations, check the Military Resource Locator library on MyAirForceBenefits:
https://www.myairforcebenefits.us.af.mil/Benefit-Library/Resource-Locator

Air Force Medical Service EFMP:
https://www.airforcemedicine.af.mil/EFMP/

Tricare Resources for Families with Special Needs:
https://www.tricare.mil/CoveredServices/SpecialNeeds/SNResources

Department of the Air Force Exceptional Family Member Program Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/AirForceEFMP/

Recent Enhancements to EFMP:
https://www.militaryonesource.mil/special-needs/efmp/new-efmp-tools-and-resources/

Department of the Air Force Family Vector website:
https://daffamilyvector.us.af.mil/membersite/