- BRO Year of the Family
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For more information about Big Red One Year of Family programing visit:
https://home.army.mil/riley/index.php/my-fort/all-services/big-red-one-year-family - BRO Time Fun Friday Workouts
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Tune into the Fort Riley CYS Facebook page for a Family fun workout from the CYS Youth Sports and Fitness Team.
- CYS Take-and-Make Activities for Family BRO Time
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Each Friday, CYS CDC's will provide activities for you to take home and complete with your child. These activities are intended to provide Families with a way to spend quality time with their child during BRO time. We look forward to seeing what you and your child will create. If you would like to share a picture of your Family craft or activity, please send a photo to usarmy.riley.imcom-central.mbx.dfmwr-cyss@mail.mil
Click here to download the CYS Take-and-Make BRO Time Family Crafts and Activities
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- Building Healthy Relationships
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Family Violence Awareness Training Unit based annual training focusing on the dynamics of domestic violence and child abuse. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Family Strength's Days Intensive unit-level training focusing on dating, marriage, parenting, and financial readiness. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Relationships 101 Unit level training focusing on dating, marriage, and family. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
ACS' Family Enrichment Program Offers multiple courses such as the Army Family Team Building and Resilience Training. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Resilience Classes Real-time resilience Character Strengths Assertive Communication Goal Setting (total of 14 skills). For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
- Activating Event, Thought, Consequence
- Put It In Perspective
- Real Time Resilience
- Active Constructive Responding & Praise
- Assertive Communication
- Avoid Thinking Traps
- Detect Icebergs
- Hunt the Good Stuff
- Energy Management
- Problem Solving
- Character Strengths
- Goal Setting
- Engage
- Not In My Squad
Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) EFMP is a mandatory enrollment program that works with other military and civilian agencies to provide comprehensive and coordinated community support, housing, medical, educational, and personnel services to Families with special needs. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
The New Parent Support Program Voluntary intensive in-home service that asses what supports would be helpful for Families (expecting to the age of three) and then provides support, education, and role-modeling to enhance Family life. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
The Family Extension Program Voluntary intensive in-home service that asses what supports would be helpful for Families (three and older) and then provides support, education, and role-modeling to enhance Family life. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Play Time (Ages 0-3) Playtime incorporated with arts, crafts, songs, and dance. Nurturing the Families and our children through play and companionship. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Moms Together (Ages 0-2) Playtime incorporated with arts, crafts, songs, and dance. Nurturing the Families and our children through play and companionship. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Co-Parenting and Divorce A two hour workshop that supports divorcing spouses in their quest to become effective co-parents during and after their divorce. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Love and Logic Parenting Teaches parents to help their children learn from their mistakes provide proper consequences and offer choices. This class meets three times with two-hour sessions each session. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Happiest Baby on the Block & Newborn Safety This course educates mothers who are expecting a new baby, about nurturing and caring for an infant, being a positive role model, attachment, behavior management, childproofing, relationship changes, and post-partum. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Scream Free Parenting Scream Free helps you focus on yourself, grow yourself up, and calm yourself down. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Launching Hope: Scream Free Parenting of Teens Workshop This course is designed to assist parents with mentoring their adolescent children into adulthood smoothly. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Healthy Homes This course is designed to assist Soldiers and Families with enhancing the safety/hygiene of their homes. For more information, call +1(785)239-7323
Five Love Languages Couples Workshops The 5 Love Languages has helped countless couples identify practical and powerful ways to express love, simply by using the appropriate love language.
Parenting in a Blended Family Comprehensive education that recognizes the complexities and independent nature of relationships within step Families. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Scream Free Marriage Focuses on developing emotional maturity among spouses who support overall marital growth. For more information, call Army Community Service at +1(785)239-9435
Relationship Management Group This 24-week group is designed to assist with learning about power and control involved in violent relationships and to gain skills to live differently. For more information, call Irwin Army Community Hospital Family Advocacy Program at +1(785)239-7060
Choices for Change Group This group is designed to help empower victims to become assertive and to break the cycle of violence. For more information, call Irwin Army Community Hospital Family Advocacy Program at +1(785)239-7060
Practicing Relationship Improvement Strategies & Management This 12-week group is designed to assist couples by introducing thought, action, feelings, emotion, regulation, and distress tolerance to enhance the relationship. For more information, call Irwin Army Community Hospital Family Advocacy Program at +1(785)239-7060
Victim Advocacy Program The VAP provides advocacy services to victims of domestic violence (to include sexual assault within the confines of the intimate relationship and includes ensuring safety and empowering individuals to make their own decisions to improve their quality of life for themselves and/or their children. (Ages 18 and older). For more information, call Victim Advocacy Program at +1(785)239-9435 or +1(785)307-1373
Family Strength is about Army Families being ready to cope with the challenges posed by the stress of military life. Families that are resilient, supportive and loving can effectively thrive through the roller coaster that is Army life.
