Emergency Communications - Keeping military personnel in touch with their families during family emergencies such as death, serious illness or the birth of a child.  

Financial Assistance - Working with military aid societies to provide interest-free loans or grants when urgent personal or family crises arise.  Financial aid is used for such things as emergency travel, burial assistance, food and shelter.

Counseling - Providing counseling, information, referrals and other social services to military families.  This role is becoming increasingly important as more community-based military, such as the National Guard, are called to active service.