Military Connected Families
North Texas Collegiate Academy welcomes our military families! We support our military students and families to help ease the challenges they face due to deployment and relocation. If you would like to start the process for enrollment at NTxCA, please contact the Campus-based Military Liaison for your preferred campus to schedule a personal enrollment tour.
Military Connected Resources
There are many resources to help military families with special needs. But where do you start? Military One Source offers some top resources, services and programs.
Military Student Identifier Guide
Military Child Education Coalition- Professional Development Opportunities
MCEC® offers learning opportunities for professionals including topics that enhance the understanding of the challenges of transition for military and veteran-connected students and provide recommendations for support. To learn more about these opportunities click the link above.
Blue Star Families mission is to Support. Connect. Empower-for military families by military families
Build a Sign provides one free sign to welcome your hero home. You only pay for shipping
Camp C.O.P.E. is designed to help young heroes cope with the effects of war and deployments
Find care and services for your children, adults, pets and for your home using care.com
The Comfort Crew for Military Kids helps with support for the social and emotional resiliency of military kids
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress has resources and articles for military families
Fisher House Foundation provides housing when you have a service member hospitalized for injury, illness or disease
American Gold Star Mothers Inc. is an organization of mothers who have lost a son or daughter in the service of our country
Gold Star Wives of America Inc. provides support for widows/ widower of service members who died on active duty
The American Legion is the nation's largest veterans service organization, committed to mentoring youth
Love and Logic has resources for parenting/raising responsible children
Screening for Mental Health is a resource for mental health tools
Military's Interstate Children's Compact Commission includes the Interstate Compact
Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) Resources for military families
National Military Family Association provides free camps for children in military families
Military Impacted Schools Association serves school districts with a high concentration of military children
Military One Source has free books, DVDs, resources, handouts, etc.
Military Officers Association of America provides financial assistance for students who are children of former, current or retired military
National Resource Directory connects Service members, veterans, and their families with support
Clarity Child Guidance Center strives to educate the community, parents, professionals, and leaders about mental illness
Operation Military Kids provides support for children and youth impacted by deployment
Operation We are Here has resources for military families
Our Military Kids provides grants for the children of National Guard/Military Reserve who are currently deployed
American Red Cross provides emergency aid and support for military families
Sitter City Military Program provides child care programs for military families
Student2Student Program (S2S) is a student-led, faculty-advised program that aims to care for new students. The S2S program offers military and civilian students opportunities to build friendships and introduces them to their new community. It provides fun ways for new students to connect with other students, build new peer-to-peer groups, and encourage new students to perform better in school.
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
Tutor.com has online tutoring and homework help
United Through Reading helps parents record reading books online/via video/tape recorder to be sent to their child
USO Transition 360 Alliance is an initiative to help U.S. Military personnel and their families transition back into civilian life after service ends
The Trevor Romain Company has DVDs and curriculum for military families