Ohio Reintegration Event Survey Results and Agenda Suggestions
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Insights from surveys for the Ohio 30-Day Reintegration Event, including preferences for one-on-one classes, group participation, and requested information on various topics. Suggestions for improving agendas by including more interactive activities and specific support for Service Members and Families.
Ohio Reintegration Event Survey Results and Agenda Suggestions
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Survey Results Used By Ohio
30-Day Accumulated Reintegration Event • Both Service Members and Families prefer one-on-one classes rather than PowerPoint • Briefings are currently acceptable, but those presenters that include group participation score consistently higher on surveys • Requested information includes employment, employment benefits, MIRF, dental, education, GI Bill, and disability • Bring materials to fill out and stand by for questions rather than provide a number to call and jet out the door (i.e. personal touch) • Separate breakouts for individual topics with option to visit only those that interest Used By Ohio
30-Day Accumulated Reintegration Event (cont.) • There is a very little variation between the scores for specific briefings and specific briefers (less than 5% of total score). • Briefing length continues to be an issue so long as the event consists solely of PowerPoint presentations. • Those briefers that provide actual materials and support rather than simply a phone number to call score consistently higher (3.75 for ESGR vs. 3.91 for the VA) on surveys. Used By Ohio
30 Day Reintegration Event (cont.) • Unit Training NCO/Readiness NCO available to answer questions • Suggestion: Pass out card in the morning so that Families can think of questions for Town Hall? Used By Ohio
30-DAY AGENDA (COA 2 – Freedom Salute One-Day Event) • Conduct Freedom Salute Campaign in morning with employers present – Employers can eat lunch with the Service Member and Family • Battlemind – resiliency training occurs during Town Hall/breakout sessions by demographics • Providers continue to man booths until 1630 Used By Ohio
30-DAY AGENDA (COA 3 – Freedom Salute Two-Day Event) • Conduct Freedom Salute Campaign in morning with employers present – Employers can eat lunch with the Service Member and Family • Battlemind – resiliency training occurs during Town Hall/breakout sessions by demographics • Providers continue to man booths until 1630, resume in morning 9-1100 hrs • COA 3 requires all stay in hotel outside 50-mile radius, strongly recommend local folks stay in hotel Used By Ohio
30-DAY AGENDA (COA 3) • Free time allows Families to transition to evening events, enjoy pool, prepare for childcare, or drop off children • ½ hour finger food social – followed by dinner exclusive or simultaneous with marriage enrichment or single Service Member theme (mandatory fun) • Social time allows Service Members and Families to enjoy local establishments, etc. • Early start sets conditions for more participation in hotel • Breakout sessions used to cover areas such as financial management, legal briefings, etc. – possibly prescheduled mentoring sessions with Chaplain, etc. Used By Ohio
60-Day Reintegration Event • Too much repetition of material from 30-Day Event • 30- and 60-Day events are often less than 30 days apart • More information on employment/unemployment benefits • Job placement/employment aids on hand at event • More specific information on anger management/compulsive behavior, perhaps set in one-on-one sessions • More information on GI Bill and education benefits Used By Ohio
60-Day Reintegration Event • More interactive activities • Training/Readiness NCO on hand to discuss Service Member issues • More SMEs at tables to answer questions one-on-one • More information on VA Home Loan Used By Ohio
60-DAY AGENDA (COA 1): • Why give an SMSS overview at 60-Day, rather than 30-Day? Why not both? • Current event is 2 hours, 15 minutes of instruction, with little to no providers present • Are we meeting the program’s intent? • Bonding/social activity non-existent • Opportunity to share challenges of reintegration with a license professional in a private setting (R) non-existent • Marriage enrichment (R) non-existent • SingleService Member enrichment (R) non-existent Used By Ohio