New Hampshire Operation: Military Kids

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“Working Together to Support Military Kids and their Families”

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What is Operation: Military Kids (OMK)?

When National Guard, Reserve, and other military families living in civilian communities become mobilized, their children experience the stress of being a military kid.  These children have unique needs for special support and services, even though they still “look the same” to their friends and community. University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension  4-H Youth Development partners with all branches of the military, American Legion, Red Cross, schools, the spiritual community, YMCA, Community Recreation Centers, Boys and Girls Clubs, PlusTime NH, and other youth and family organizations to form the outreach effort called Operation: Military Kids (OMK). This program functions in 34 states across the country, including NH.

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Goals of OMK

  • OMK collaborates with groups across the state to provide sustainable local support services to military youth before, during, and after their family members are deployed. 
  • OMK creates networks of support for the military children and connects them with other military and non-military youth through a variety of recreational, social and educational programs.
  • OMK works to raise community awareness and foster understanding about the impact of the deployment cycle on the military member, family, child and larger community.
  • OMK organizations act as resources for military children/families for things like summer camps, after school programs, and more

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OMK Program Components:

  1. Ready Set Go!
  2. Speak Out for Military Kids (SOMK)
  3. Hero Packs
  4. Mobile Technology Lab (MTL)
  5. Youth Focused Program

For more information about these programs and ways to get involved, click on the brochure links to the right!

For more information:

Contact Information:

For more information about NH Operation: Military Kids, contact Charlotte Cross, UNH Cooperative Extension, 4-H Youth Development

G05C Pettee Hall
55 College Road
Durham , NH 03824-3599
Phone: 862-2495
E-mail: Charlotte.Cross@unh.edu

For more information about NH National Guard Family Services, contact:

Peter Merritt
State Family Program Director
1 Minuteman Way
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 227-1496
E-mail: peter.merritt@us.army.mil

Operation: Military Kids is a partnership of Army Child and Youth Services, USDA National 4-H Headquarters, and The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, 4-H Youth Development.  Operation: Military Kids – New Hampshire is funded by the USDA Army and Auburn University Youth Development Project #2003-48558-01723.

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