With gas prices on the rise, you might think a summer trip will cost more than you can afford this year. But if you’re willing to do a little homework and planning, you’ll find that most any trip can be affordable.
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5 Tips for Finding Summer Vacation Discounts
It’s that time – time to start planning your summer vacations. With the current economy, there are so many doubts and question. Can I afford it? Should I use that money for something else? Is there any way to make a vacation more affordable? Should I just stay home?
What are the Early Signs of Autism?
If you’re planning to have a baby or are currently pregnant, getting to know the early warning signs of autism can be a huge advantage for you and your kids. In fact, research suggests if you already have one child with autism, your risk of having another autistic child increases by about 20 percent, says Daniel Openden, vice president and clinical services director of the Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC).
Get to Know Your Emergency Fund
Your grandmother may have called it a rainy-day fund. Financial professionals typically call it a cash reserve or emergency fund. Whatever its name, the purpose is the same: having some money set aside for when the unexpected happens so that you don’t have to sell things or go in debt to deal with it. And while the concept is fairly simple, there’s more here than meets the eye, starting with what is meant by “some money” and “set aside.”
10 Steps to Building a Family Team
When families work together as a team, they balance one person’s difficult time with the other family members’ strengths. Each individual in a family brings skills and personality that contribute to a family team. As a whole, a family shares a history and goals. Our family members help us through the happy, good, sad, and painful times. And in military life, where we’re frequently uprooting, having a strong family team not only makes the transitions easier, but helps the entire family prepare for each move.
How do we create a family team?
Here are 10 steps that I learned from Kathy Peel and her Family Manager Program.
TRICARE Young Adult
Military families have a new TRICARE Prime option for young adults without healthcare coverage.
TRICARE Young Adult Prime gives eligible family members TRICARE Prime medical (and pharmacy) coverage with low out-of-pocket costs for a $201 monthly premium.
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