About MOAA Spouse
Jun 27 2008
Did you know that all of the benefits of MOAA membership extend to members’ spouses as well? From our employment service to the experts in our benefits information department to our award-winning magazine, MOAA is here to serve its members’ families, for life.
The mission of MOAA Spouse programs is to:
- Enhance MOAA services to meet the unique needs of military spouses
- Provide accurate information on policies, legislation and programs
- Be a network of support for careers, education and family life
If you have questions or feedback on how MOAA can better serve you, please contact Spouse Programs at moaaspouse@moaa.org.
Learn more about MOAA or visit MOAA Spouse homepage.
Where do I find information for widows.
(My husband passed away 11-12-08)
I’m writing because I thought military spouses might be interested in avoiding scams that affect veterans’ charities. The FTC is cracking down on bogus charities and warning consumers to ask questions before donating money.
Today, the FTC and more than 40 states announced a nationwide sweep targeting scam artists who claimed to be raising money for military veterans, firefighters, and police officers. In reality, almost all of the money went to the fundraisers themselves.
Scam artists like these can be very compelling, so it’s important for people to know the warning signs of a charity fraud. Check out http://www.ftc.gov/charityfraud for tips and information, and feel free to use any of our materials, including our newest consumer alert, Supporting the Troops.
You can hand out copies of the materials or use the information for your publications. Feel free to share it with your network of military websites, blogs, listservs or forums.
For more information, you can read the press release at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/05/charityfraud.shtm.
Thanks so much!
Carol
Carol Kando-Pineda
Counsel
Division of Consumer and Business Education
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, DC 20580
ckando@ftc.gov
A big, “LOOK HERE” to all the moms who are interested in teaching their children the value of money making and saving. It’s all in a simple, kid-friendly website, http://www.kids-save.com. It is parent and child involved and is essential in teaching a child the basics of earning, saving, spending money. Its designed to help children understand what’s expected of them (chores, listed by the parents) and their allowance (also set up by the parents). Their incentive is not only in the ability to make money but in the game provided on the website. Its a virtual kingdom the child gets to build. Based on points received from completing chores, and the disciplines of their spending/saving habits, they can compete with children from all around the world and help build their very own city. This website enforces goal setting, financial stability and the ability for children to understand the importance of money! I LOVE IT!!!!! It is extremely motivating and my son checks his chore list everyday, monitors his savings and understands the value of earning it. I recommend kids-save.com for any young family!!!
Hi
Although I applaud the advantages that are now given spouses and children, i.e. transfer of GI bill etc–I remember when my husband was active duty, as a spouse we paid for our education, no GI Bill transfers and moves happened much more often then they do today. I and my fellow spouses did not have any hiring assistance unless we were lucky enough to have gotten into civil service and could get a GS4 or 5 at each base we PCS’d to. We paid for our daughters college through savings, and not having all of the nice things. And now our Tricare Prime benefit is under fire because of the dire circumstances of the federal govt. I strongly think that the above benefits should be curtailed to help with the budget deficit. The current generation of military are the give me generation–and I know this because I am now on the backside of my civil service career and see the young officer’s and airman come in the military, and think they are entitled to work only 6 hours a day, go to the gym for two hours a day and run to the BX when the latest video game goes on sale. Please just keep in mind those that have come before and the sacrifices that were made by us, to get the benefits that this generation of dependents have now.