ACS at 50: Meet your JBM-HH ACS staff

By Courtesy of JBM-HH ACSJuly 23, 2015

ACS at 50: Meet your JBM-HH ACS staff
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Courtesy of JBM-HH ACS

Editor's note: July 25 marks 50 years of "real life solutions for successful Army living" as Army Community Service celebrates this momentous occasion. We at the Pentagram congratulate and thank our JBM-HH ACS staff members, past and present, for their hard work and commitment to helping service members and families adapt and embrace the challenges of military life.

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Leonard Toyer is the Financial Readiness Program manager at JBM-HH's Army Community Service. He is originally from Brooklyn, New York, has worked at ACS for over 13 years, and retired from the Army after more than 26 years of service. The Financial Readiness Program provides basic financial services to the community in the form of financial counseling, budgeting and debt management, consumer advocacy, financial classes and information on investing. Leonard says he loves the fact that he is able to provide the community with a service that enables them to enrich their lives and develop financially sound principles that allow them to have a better quality of life.

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Carla Moss is the Information and Referral/Outreach Program manager at JBM-HH's Army Community Service. The Washington, D.C., native and U.S. Army veteran spends her time and efforts helping service members, their families, and those within the community to prepare for and navigate the challenges that come with military life and living within a military community specific to being located in the National Capital Region. The ACS Information and Referral Program provides extensive resource listings and assistance on just about any topic in the surrounding military and civilian community. Through the I&R program, Carla is the single contact point for information regarding military and civilian community resources to assist with individual, family, and community concerns. Carla participates in outreach efforts at local events, manning information tables, giving community briefings on ACS services, and works with units in the NCR as their unit service coordinator. Carla says that she loves to be able to assist those in the JBM-HH community by using solid resources that she has provided to people over the years. She takes pride in being able to help others as much as possible, even after they have moved on to bigger and better opportunities. She says that taking care of and giving back to the community is what ACS is all about.

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Kathy Feehan is the Army Volunteer Corps Program manager at JBM-HH's Army Community Service. The Little Rock, Arkansas, native spends her days connecting service members, civilians, retirees and their family members with volunteer opportunities, both on and off post. Kathy manages the Army Family Action Plan process that invites community members to be agents of change by improving programs and services, changing policies and regulations and amending laws. If you have a quality of life issue that affects the Global Army Family, Kathy would be the one to contact. Another great program that Katy manages is Army Family Team Building. This program is series of interactive courses that promote military knowledge, personal growth, and leadership development. Soldiers can also get promotion points for participating in Army Family Team Building. Kathy states that as a service provider, she loves that she gets to serve the men and women who serve this great nation.

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Sara McCauley is the Victim Advocate Program coordinator for JBM-HH's ACS Family Advocacy Program. The Family Advocacy Program team is a group of dedicated professionals who offer a spectrum of prevention services to Army families, including the New Parent Support Program, which provides home visits and classes to families with children up to age 3; community education, which provides anger management, parenting and relationship enhancement classes; and the Victim Advocacy Program, which provides advocacy and referral services to victims of domestic violence. Sara is an Army wife, and has served ACS at U.S. Army Garrison Schweinfurt, Germany, as a New Parent Support Home Visitor and Family Advocacy program manager. She is passionate about serving Army families and loves being part of the ACS team.

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Judy Joyner is the Employment Readiness Program manager at JBM-HH's Army Community Service. She is originally from Beaufort, South Carolina, and has worked for the federal government for 22 years. As the Employment Readiness program manager, Judy works with military spouses who are new to the National Capital Region and those who are looking for employment. She provides information about job searches, resume building, dressing for success, volunteer opportunities and job fairs. Judy provides direction for spouses in order to help them to reach their goals for their careers.

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Jennifer Blue is the Relocation specialist at JBM-HH's Army Community Service. The 32-year-old Detroit, native happily spends her working days helping service members and their families' transition from one duty station to another with ACS relocation classes and briefings. She has been employed at ACS for three months now and loves helping service members and their families in any way she can. Jennifer also hosts spouse meet and greet events each month to help new families get acquainted with the area and other families in the military community.

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Kristi Pappas is the Survivor Outreach Services Support coordinator for the JBM-HH Army Community Service since March 9, 2015. She is originally from Kansas City, Missouri, but has spent most of her military career being stationed on the east coast. She is a retired Army chaplain. Now she spends her days working with Families of the Fallen in long term care helping them to grow in new experiences and wading through the grief process. She believes that each Survivor will one day become a "thriver" as they experience a new way and understanding of life and its many challenges. Survivor Outreach Services provides financial, relational, and long term support. "I love working with people and watching them grow through their challenges as they bloom on the other side," she said.

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Trina Reliford is the Army Emergency Relief program manager at JBM-HH's Army Community Service. She is originally from Campti, Louisiana, and has worked for ACS for 14 years. The AER program helps Soldiers, family members with a valid ID Card, Army National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers on continuous active duty (Title 10, USC) for more than 30 days and their eligible family members, Soldiers retired from active duty for longevity or physical disability, and their eligible family members, Army National Guard and Reserve Soldiers who retired at age 60, and their eligible family members, surviving spouse and orphans of Soldiers, who have died while on active duty or after they retired. Army Emergency Relief help Soldiers with financial emergency needs. Trina loves that her job enables her to help Soldiers and their families when there are financial emergencies. If an exception to policy is needed, she tries to find ways to say "yes" to the Soldiers and their families to prevent further hardships.