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Caring for People Forum focuses on relationship resources

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Aaron Oelrich
  • 15th Wing Public Affairs
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --  Focus on relationship resources is the topic during this quarter's Caring for People Forum Feb. 26 in the Hickam Chapel.

The CfP Forum is designed to strengthen connections to support services that improve quality of life for Airmen and their families.

"Every base has CfP Forum, typically it is held annually, we try to conduct ours quarterly," said Mr. Drew Kadokawa, a community readiness consultant for the Airman and Family Readiness Office. "This quarter the focus is on relationship resources because of the need found through community action information boards and integrated delivery systems."

The integrated delivery systems collect information, on trends and issues, from each unit. This information is then presented to the community action information boards.
This allows the commander to initiate CfP Forums that are focused on the issues facing Airmen and their families.  

"The CfP Forum will provide information and concerns to ensure that we are targeting our relationship resources to the community properly," said Senior Master Sgt. Jill Pratt, 15th wing IDS chair.

"This is the military member's and their family's voice to tell us how we can help them and what we can do to improve our services or offer different services," Kadokawa said.
   
According to Kadokawa military members from all components of the total force, including family members are invited to attend the CfP Forum. Individuals that have utilized the relationship resources available on JBPHH in the past are particularly encouraged to attend and give their feedback.

"The most important thing is this is their opportunity to help us, as helping agencies, improve our services," said Kadokawa.

The CfP Forum will be a two-hour discussion guided by facilitators who will help organize and track any issues, concerns and ideas brought up during the forum.

The information is then relayed to senior leaders who will make a decision on what issues can be worked at the base level and which issues need to be forwarded to Pacific Air Force headquarters.

To register for the CfP Forum send an email to jbphhcaringforpeopleforum@gmail.com. If you would like more information on relationship resources that are available on JBPHH contact the Airman and Family Readiness office.