1-Once enrolled in the "Special Need" EFMP, what is the time period from
when enrolled to when you can start receiving services through Tricare/ECHO?
A. We did dual enrollment, but due to lack of Tricare/ECHO providers in our area waited over two years to receive services. The only reason we did receive services (ABA – ONLY) is because of my local advocacy and I happened to find a therapist whose husband was a Captain who had served in Iraq… Need I say more???
2-How efficient is the EFMP department on family receiving the entitlement
Category letter, timeframe & how was it received, ie: Mail or phone? This
may pertain to Navy as other branches do use other terms in their EFMP
department. I want to include all....
A. The Army was efficient at getting our EFM enrollment package. Ultimately it had to go to McChord. THEY (McChord) dropped the ball, and had it not been for my continual and necessitated follow-up, approval would have fallen through the cracks just days before the deadline, and all would have had to have been re-submitted (hundreds of pages), at the expense of our family. I no longer bother to call McChord. I am embarrassed sometimes to let the world know we are an Air Force family. Not because of what we do, but how we treat our families, and most importantly our Air Force children.
When you have the counterpart, of the EFM coordinator for your base tell you, you should put your child in FOSTER CARE because that person does not know how to help you… I guess you put your boots on. I am biding my time. I would not want it, but I could do HER job with both hands tied behind my back. I’m an AUTISM mom.
NO EFM for Guard bases where there are AD/AGR; this needs to change. We have 1 in 67 children of AD in the military community with autism. Can you tell me why? Nope you can’t. I know why…
Active duty bases need to be utilizing civilians for the position of EFM or EFMP coordinator. They need to be stationary, meaning they are not going to be transferred. They also need to have experience with special needs children or adults.
SHOUT OUT TO FT. LEWIS – THANK YOU!!!!!
Oh, and I have to silently thank my mommy instinct to prevent further damage…
3-What are your positive comments with EFM, how is it working for you? Do
you have a Parent Mentor to help coach you through the EFM process?
A. Refer to above response about Ft. Lewis. I have no positive comments other than the above, again refer to the Family Program Coordinator comment who told me to put my son in FOSTER CARE??? No! I’ve had no one. And that child – Nathan – is now RECOVERED!!!!!!!! Yes, he is recovered from autism.
4- What needs improvement for EFM families within the EFMP department,
what could be changed in the process from beginning at EFMP to receiving the
Tricare/ECHO benefit you are using? Please only comment to what is entitled
to Tricare now. Not a service that cannot be used.
A. The only improvement’s that can be made are; the treatment of autism spectrum disorders being moved under the basic Tricare program, and EFM/EFMP and ALL doctors providing assistance/treatment to be THOROUGHLY educated regarding the afore mentioned. This makes me want to call Nathan’s ECHO case manager tomorrow and ask her about a whole bunch of things she won’t be able to answer.
Thanks for the opportunity to comment. My wonderful new neighbor told me tonight she would have never known anything was wrong with the boys… How’s that feel??? OMG for them and us all!!!
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