Congressional Military Family Caucus - 2025 Summit

The Congressional Military Family Caucus recognizes that when a service member joins the military, it is not a job - it is a family commitment to our country. Each year, the caucus hosts an annual summit to address the challenges faced by America's military families.

This year's event will take place on Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

This webpage includes information useful to military families and will be updated with information related to the event.

• Event Program
• Photos from the Event
• Explore Resources for Military Families
• Learn More About & Contact the Congressional Military Family Caucus

Visit the Congressional Military Family Caucus homepage, https://bishop.house.gov/CongressionalMilitaryFamilyCaucus.

Event Program

The event will feature subject area experts, military family members as well as organizations, and legislative leaders. The following are the scheduled panels and panelists.

Photos from the Event

Following the event, we will provide links to photos from the Congressional Military Family Caucus 2025 Summit.

Resources for Military Family

Need a little help navigating through the adoption process? Want to better understand your wounded warrior benefits? Is it time to explore adult disability care for your parents? Military OneSource provides support from professionally trained consultants by phone on a broad range of issues for service members, their families and survivors. Eligible members can receive an unlimited number of specialty consultations. Below are links to some of the programs and resources available to military families.

• Education & Child Care
  • Are you looking for educational resources as a service member, as a military spouse, or for children of military families? Then start here to explore education and employment resources available for these groups.
  • Military OneSource has a great introductory webpage to the many child care related resources and programs available to military families. And when you think "child care" it is more than just young children. The webpage includes resources for the full range of youth from the relatively new born through teenagers. Some programs to highlight include...
  • ... child care programs for children as well as DOD-approved child care options as young as 6 weeks to 5 years of age, and...
  • connecting military families with their installation's youth centers and activities.
• Spouse Employment & Financial Readiness
  • The Military OneSource Spouse Career Center offers free, comprehensive coaching services to all eligible military spouses. Career coaches offer specialty consultations six days a week. Several, specialized coaching packages are available to help you succeed in your chosen career path. Through this website you will find resources for education and careers opportunities as well as tools to assist with job searches, and the Career Advancement Account Scholarship Program.
  • The Career Advancement Account Scholarship Program is a workforce development program that provides up to $4,000 in financial assistance to eligible military spouses for the pursuit or maintenance (including continuing education courses) of a license, certification, or associate's degree necessary to gain employment in an occupation or career field.
  • Managing money and legal affairs are part of mission readiness. Military OneSource provides strategies on consolidating and paying down debt, saving for retirement or college and creating a plan that will lead to financial security. Link to installation legal services that protect you and your family from mishaps, and discover how Military OneSource MilTax free tax filing services can make quick work out of tax return preparation and filing. Set financial goals for your future by tapping into the information and resources available through Military OneSource.
• Healthcare, Mental Health, and EFMP
  • Check out this introductory webpage by Military OneSource to learn more about the healthcare benefits and resources available to military families.
  • You can also create a customized checklist to stay organized and ensure you have access to the latest information and resources for families with special needs by visiting the EFMP & Me webpage through Military OneSource.
  • And remember, healthcare is not just about taking care of problems. Proactively building up positive health — both physical and mental — are important. Just as physical fitness is a central part of military life, good mental health is as important for your well-being, and military and family readiness. Mental health challenges and issues shouldn't be ignored or hidden. There are lots of resources available to help anyone who is struggling with mental health challenges to feel better. Find out what mental health resources and benefits are available to you.
• Food Insecurity
  • Unfortunately, food insecurity impacts Americans from many walks of life, including our military families. Frequent moves, spousal unemployment, and lack of access to affordable child care are just a few of the many challenges faced by military families that, while not directly dealing with food, can strain their ability to put food on the table. There are many food assistance programs available to assist and this webpage provides an overview of them.
• Housing
  • Moving is common in the military. Whether you're relocating to another state or country, there's a pattern to making your new nest – finding a home, packing, moving your stuff and sorting out other logistics. As a service member, you're given various Department of Defense allowances to help offset the costs of housing and moving.

About the Congressional Military Family Caucus

The Congressional Military Family Caucus seeks to raise awareness about and improve U.S. military's family resources. Specifically, the Congressional Military Family Caucus focuses on issues such as education, childcare, healthcare, spousal employment, and the effects of multiple deployments. The Caucus seeks to educate Members of the United States Congress and their staff about the challenges facing our nation's military families in order to develop federal policies that better support our nation's military families.

The bipartisan Congressional Military Family Caucus was founded in 2009 by Representatives Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02) and former Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). Congressman Bishop now co-chairs the caucus with Congresswoman Jen A. Kiggans (R-VA-02).

If you would like more information about the caucus, please call either (202) 225-3631 (Rep. Bishop) or (202) 225-4215 (Rep. Kiggans).

You can visit the Congressional Military Family Caucus Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/militaryfamilycaucus/.