Unit 4.4 EFMP

Question 1

STATE the purpose of the EFM program

Answer 1

Provide assistance for family members with “special needs”
Enrollment is mandatory
medical or educational disabilities or chronic medical conditions (6 months or longer)

Question 2

LIST the instructions governing the EFMP

Answer 2

OPNAVINST 1754.2

Question 3

LIST the enrollment criteria and categories of the EFMP

Answer 3

Family member with long term or chronic medical, psychological, or educational needs
Enrolled in DEERS
Resides with sponsor
—Exception: Geo-Bachelor

Question 4

EFMP Cat 1

Answer 4

• Monitoring Purposes
• –EFM enrollees are those whose medical or educational condition requires monitoring by the EFM Program Manager but does not preclude the sponsor’s assignment to overseas/isolated duty stations, nor requires assignment near a major MTF, nor dictate homesteading

Question 5

EFMP Cat 2

Answer 5

Pinpoint overseas assignment
—EFM enrollees are those whose medical or educational condition requires special placement in compatible geographic areas, pinpointing assignments in CONUS or overseas

Question 6

EFMP Cat 3

Answer 6

No overseas assignment

• –EFM enrollees are exempt from overseas assignment
• –The medical and/or educational condition of the category of EFM precludes the assignment of the sponsor to overseas locations based on non-availability of medical and/or educational services

Question 7

EFMP Cat 4

Answer 7

Assignments near major medical facilities INCONUS

• —-EFM enrollees require sponsor assignment near major medical facility (either military or civilian)
• —-These sites coincide with large fleet concentration locations

Question 8

EFMP Cat 5

Answer 8

Homesteading

• – Stability
• – will not preclude the requirements for at sea/shore rotation

Question 9

EFMP Cat 6

Answer 9

Temporary Category
—Enrollees require sponsor to enroll temporarily for a period of 6 months but no more than 12 months while treatment or diagnosis assessments are ongoing
Service member will submit updated application at the end of that time

Question 10

EFMP Categories based on

Answer 10

Specialists/services required
Frequency of need
Availability of services
Severity of difficulty

Question 11

Application process of EFMP

Answer 11

• Application forwarded to screening comitee

- Recommendations are forwarded to Chief, Navy Personnel Command (CNPC) for final disposition

Question 12

STATE the responsibilities of the Service Member with regards to the EFMP

Answer 12

ID and enroll all family members with special needs
Review completed application
Update file every 3 years, 12 months prior to receiving orders, or as family needs change.
Maintain copy of the application

Question 13

Dis-enroll from EFM and Inform EFM program manager (PERS-45) through CO when

Answer 13

Previously enrolled EFM has sufficiently recovered from impairment so that specialized medical care and or special educational services are no longer required
Divorced or legally separated
EFM dies
EFM no longer resides in home or is no longer DEERS eligible