State Family Readiness Council
Family Grant Program
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The State Family Readiness Council Family Grant Program was
created to provide financial assistance to members of the New Jersey Army and
Air National Guard whose immediate families experience financial hardships
during the service member’s period of mobilization and up to eighteen months
following the service member’s demobilization.
Applications, which are available through Family Assistance
Center Coordinators must be completed in their entirety by the service member
or an immediate family member and include copies of all available supporting
documentation, for example a proof of need statement and copies of current
billing statements to which the grant, if awarded, would be applied.
Completed applications must be submitted to the nearest
All grant applications will be reviewed and grants awarded
based on need as determined by the State Family Readiness Council Finance
Committee using the Family Grant Criteria below.
Applicants ordinarily will be notified of the Finance
Committee’s decision by the Coordinator at their local
Upon awarding grants, the Finance Committee reserves the
right to make payments directly to creditors on behalf of the family. To
facilitate prompt payment, names/addresses and account numbers should be
included with the application.
FAMILY GRANT CRITERIA
To be eligible New Jersey Army or Air National Guard service
members must have been mobilized longer than 90 days within a period of one
year and their immediate family must be experiencing financial hardship. Proof
of such hardship must be provided in writing by the applicant.
Qualifying needs might include, but not be limited to,
catastrophic emergencies of a personal or household nature, and other events
resulting in significant unanticipated losses of family income or increases in
family expenses. It is not intended that grants be awarded to offset reduced
family income as a result of the service member’s mobilization in the
absence of other compelling circumstances. It is not the intent of the program
that grants will awarded due to pre-existing mismanagement of personal
household income.
Eligibility extends up to eighteen months following the
service member’s demobilization. The total amount of any grants awarded to
qualifying applicants may not exceed $2500 per
family for 24 months from the date of the of the first grant award, except for
those families affected by the Presidential Order of January 2007 increasing
the US Military presence overseas. The
total amount of any grants for families affected by that Order may not exceed
$5000 per family for 24 months from the date of the first grant award. When in its judgment extenuating
circumstances merit such action, the Executive Committee may by majority
vote approve the waiver of specific grant criteria on a case by case
basis.
STARTING THE APPLICATION PROCESS
To start applying for a Family Grant contact the Family
Assistance Center Coordinator at the location nearest you for an Application
and A Guide For Completing The Application.
New Jersey National Guard Family
Assistance Centers
You can contact the Family Assistance most
convenient to you by dialing their number listed below or by calling the Toll
Free Number 1-888-859-0352 and following the instructions once you reach the
automated menu.
Somerset Armory (1-732-937-6290) Pomona AFB (Air &
Army 1-609-272-6546)
Mc
Guire AFB (1-609-754-4479)
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Guire
Family Grant Description—19 February 2007