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retired_spouse_power_point.pptxRetired Military Personnel’s Spouse Program
Hus 410
1 November 2015
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Problem/Need
A number of military personnel have spouses who stay at home without formal employment.
The situation is attributed to the long times a military personnel spends in active roles out of the country.
Thus, the wife stays at home to compensate for the time the husband is not close to his children.
Unfortunately, once a military personnel retires, the family source of income is significantly affected negatively.
The situation creates despondency to the veterans who have selflessly opted to sacrifice their life and family life on behalf of the country’s security.
The country has a moral obligation to give back to the families of retired military personnel who have sacrificed their desires to protect the country.
The families of military officers require a stable life after retirement where they can sustain their needs.
Thus, a program aimed at enabling the spouses of retired military personnel to acquire basic employment skills is essential in promoting their welfare.
A welfare program targeting the spouses of the retired military personnel has been proposed.
There are numerous reason why a spouse might choose to not to be in the workforce while their spouse is active duty statue in the military. We want to prepare these spouse to get back into the work force once their spouse retires because their income may drop.
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Objective
This objective will be attained by developing skills of the retired militaries 'spouses.
The skill development program will aim at enabling the spouses to acquire basic business skills and computer applications.
The skills will help the spouses to earn formal employment or start their own small businesses.
Thus, the income the spouses will earn or generate will reinforce the income of the families.
This will help the retired military officers to live a dignified life after the service.
The objective of the program is to reinforce welfare of the retired military personnel’s family.
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Methods
To instill the skill development effectively to the spouses, effective methods will be employed.
One of the methods is to expose the spouses to other spouses outside the military service running their small-scale businesses.
The exposure will give the spouses a basic insight and confidence of running their own business.
The second approach will involve introducing the group to a consultant to learn basic work skills and business plan development.
Similarly, the development program will involve an introduction to basic financial management and accounting in running a business.
Furthermore, guideline manuscripts will be supplied to the group for personal learning.
Consequently, the spouses of retired military personnel will be equipped effectively to earn income in reinforcing the family livelihood.
Evaluation
Similar funding targeting the military personnel in the past have shown they are meeting the objectives.
The skill development program targeting the spouses of active military personnel's spouses has seen a significant number of them starting their businesses and earning employment opportunities.
Similarly, the program funded at offering psychological counseling to military personnel involved in wars and spouses who have lost their loved ones recovering to normal life.
Furthermore, the veteran funding program has achieved the objective of reclaiming their dignity achieved.
Thus, the proposed program has a high potential of been successful.
With the help of survey and questionnaires we will determine if the program is doing its job.
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Future Funding
The grant fund been sought is intended for start-up expenses.
This implies the on-going needs of the program will be financed by soliciting funds from different sources.
The start-up costs includes acquiring the support equipment, hiring skill developers, raising awareness, and for a logistic arrangement.
In contrast, the on-going financial needs will include capacity building, training sessions, and financing the spouses in starting group businesses.
The ability to meet the identified needs will require financial support from the well wishers.
Thus, the financing of the start-up funds will be different to the future financial needs.
The program targets to raise the funds in future through non-governmental groups involved in empowerment groups, federal government contributions, and the charity groups.
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Dissemination
To spread the intention of the program to the targeted audiences, effective dissemination strategies will be employed.
The communication of the service delivery and the program will be spread through the mass media campaign to reach majority of the retired military personnel’s spouses.
Communicating with the grant and other finance providers will through formal letters and documentation.
The achievement of the program and giving hope to the spouses to succeed will be communicated through booklets documenting the achievements.
Thus, the dissemination of the information will be adequately undertaken.
Also through linking with other human service workers and agency
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Budget
Budgeted start-up costs are as demonstrated in the table below.
| Items | Amounts |
| Acquisition of equipments and office furniture | $150,000 |
| Office installations cost | $50,000 |
| Personnel salaries | $90,000 |
| Awareness campaign cost | $10,000 |
| Logistics cost | $10,000 |
| Total budgeted cost | $310,000 |
I am hoping to get a lot of volunteers to help with the support and education of the program.
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CONCLUSION
As Americans, we want the military personnel in their families to know that we value their service, and one way we can do that is to support them through the transition from being active to retired.
