FAP USAFE, Social Services

Added: Apr 09, 2010 1:15 pm The Air Force (AF) Family Advocacy Program (FAP) is a medical program that enhances AF readiness by promoting family and community health and resilience. AF FAP also advocates for nonviolent communities. These objectives are accomplished through the use of broad-based education and awareness activities along with the identification and treatment of family maltreatment incidents. These services prevent family maltreatment from reducing the duty performance of AF members.

The purpose of this effort is to acquire personal healthcare services in accordance with (FAR 37.104 & DFARS 237.104) to provide qualified clinical (masters-level) social workers, U.S. licensed registered nurses, and family advocacy program staff personnel in implementing the Family Advocacy Program (FAP) at U.S. AF Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs) based Outside Continental US Region (OCONUS) USAF Europe (USAFE).

Services performed under this contract shall be in accordance with (IAW) the established principles, practices, and ethics of the professional clinical therapies, Council on Social Work, American Nurses Association Standards of Nursing Practice, and Standards for Professional Nursing Practice in the care of women and newborns, and the Dept of the AF directives.

Qualified care shall be provided to outpatients and their families who are eligible beneficiaries of the military health care system. Contract personnel shall utilize the therapeutic modalities of individual, family, and group therapy to address the problems of family violence (specifically, child and partner maltreatment). They shall provide prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary) programs and support services for military families. The registered nurses shall provide community health nursing, family-focused prevention and clinical nursing services in the home or other environment to military families at risk for family violence.