An Assessment of Fiscal Year 2013 Beyond Yellow Ribbon Programs
Abstract
The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP) is a Department of Defense (DoD) initiative established in 2008 to provide deployment cycle information, resources, programs, services, and referrals to reserve-component personnel and their families. YRRP offers a series of events for personnel and their families that occur throughout the deployment cycle, from predeployment, during deployment, and 30, 60, and 90 days postdeployment. These events provide information and services to support guard and reserve personnel and their families. The goals of the program are to maximize successful transitions as personnel move between their military and civilian roles and to create strong, resilient military families.1 In fiscal year (FY) 2011, Congress appropriated $16 million to expand YRRP outreach and reintegration services across the country, and this supplemental appropriation has been termed Beyond Yellow Ribbon (BYR) funding. Initially, eight states were provided BYR supplemental funding (Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington), and in FY12 that number expanded to 12 states and one territory (adding Florida, Guam, Nevada, West Virginia, and Wyoming). In FY13, ten states received BYR funding (California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, and Washington). States receiving BYR funding use this resource to provide a variety of support to personnel returning from deployment, including those related to employment, behavioral health counseling, and suicide prevention.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- ADA618144
Entities
People
- Agnes Gereben
- Jennie W. Wenger
- Laura Werber
- Lindsay Daugherty
- Mollie Rudnick
Organizations
- RAND Corporation