ISFAC Northwest

What is an ISFAC? 

An Inter-Service Family Assistance Committee (ISFAC) is a voluntary military cooperative partnership organized to provide multi-service networking for training and assistance to ensure Total Force Family Readiness.  Their purpose is to provide assistance to families regardless of service component.

ISFACs are intended to augment current military family program resources, not replace them.  ISFACs are a force multiplier for providing assistance to military families.  The partnerships created by the ISFACs can provide many benefits.

Goal of the ISFACs

The goal of the ISFAC is to strengthen existing family assistance delivery systems in the event of mobilization, deployment, or natural disaster through the interaction of committee members.  This includes meeting the identified need of military personnel, family members, and commands by providing information, referral, education, and preventative services to enhance family readiness.  These mutually supportive efforts allow for rapid coordinated services between installations and units.  The outcome of this collaborative working relationship causes the expeditious assistance to service members and their families.

Establishing ISFACs are designed to achieve the following results:

• Enable military families to receive assistance from the closest source regardless of affiliation
• Increase the availability of and access to services for Reserve, Guard, and active duty families who are geographically dispersed
• Expand communication and establish a support network among family support providers
• Resolve family issues in an Inter-Service environment
• Reduce duplication of services and efforts
• Enhance family assistance during deployments and disasters

The Purpose of the ISFAC:

To facilitate the cooperation, communication, coordination, and collaboration needed to establish strong family support networks that provide easy access to information, services and support through unfailing delivery systems—to ensure no family is forgotten. To do this they:

• Determine what systems are in place and what future options are. 
• Identify what the barriers are and how to overcome them. 
• Determine how to educate each other on what we do.
• Determine resources needed from military community.