The Force Behind the Force: Case Profiles of Successful Military Spouses Balancing Employment, Service, and Family

The second brief of this series highlights eight successful military spouses currently employed in the corporate workforce. Through the detailed conversations, the reader begins to understand the empl...

Military Spouse Employment Report – Infographic

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2015 Military Family Lifestyle Survey – Infographic

Military Spouse Employment Report

The overarching objective of this project was to evaluate the cumulative economic impact on Armed Forces spouses who may be unable to sustain employment due to Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves,...

2014 Military Family Lifestyle Survey

The Military Family Lifestyle Survey takes a comprehensive look at the current needs and priorities of military families and service members and identifies key aspects of military life to effectively...

2015 Military Family Lifestyle Survey

Mapping Collaboration in Veterans and Military Families Services

Starting in late 2015, the IVMF research team took a first step to build a database of more than 70 veteran-serving organizational networks, collaborative initiatives, and higher education institution...

Driving Community Impact: A Case for Local Evidence-Based Coordination in Veteran and Military Family Services and the AmericaServes Initiative

This paper addresses a prevailing view that a lack of coordination, collaboration, and collective purpose among veteran and military-family serving organizations—public, private, and nonprofit—p...

Spousal Military Deployment during Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes

Abstract “Pregnant women with a military-deployed spouse have increased risk of depression and self-reported stress. In nonmilitary populations, depression and stress during pregnancy are associated...

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The Force Behind the Force: Case Profiles of Successful Military Spouses Balancing Employment, Service, and Family