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Defense State Liaison Office briefs committee on military-family supports, licensure compacts and child-care MOU
Summary
Tammy Perot of the Defense State Liaison Office outlined a list of policy priorities for states to support military families, highlighted a new memorandum of understanding on family child care with F. E. Warren Air Force Base and urged consideration of multistate occupational licensure compacts to help military spouses and health-care workforce.
Tammy Perot, regional staff for the Department of Defense’s Defense State Liaison Office, briefed the committee on a slate of policy priorities her office encourages states to adopt to support military families.
Perot told the committee that the office’s vision is “thriving military families” and that many of the ideas her office recommends have been pilot-tested in other states. She noted the Defense Office’s work is coordinated with military services, veteran service organizations and the Council of State Governments. Perot said the office recommended policies that range from improving state licensure information for military spouses to expanding hiring preferences and adopting…
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