Advocacy
Military Spouse Employment: It’s Time to Try Something Different
Unemployment rates remain in double digits. Join MOAA’s advocacy efforts and secure needed support for military families.
As MOAA's Director of Government Relations for Veteran and Retired Affairs, Jen Goodale manages and develops relationships to advance legislative priorities on the Hill, with the Pentagon and the VA, and with other military and veterans service organizations. A Marine Corps veteran, she also advises MOAA's Currently Serving Spouse Advisory Council.
Unemployment rates remain in double digits. Join MOAA’s advocacy efforts and secure needed support for military families.
Focal areas include employment and educational support, as well as better mental health resources.
The MOAA-backed Basic Needs Allowance is part of this year's NDAA, but it could come in a weaker form. Ask Congress to act.
What started with MOAA raising questions about a 2018 analysis has paid off in protecting your earned shopping benefits.
Spouses in licensed professions face additional hurdles during military moves. But help and guidance is available.
The bills address issues concerning leave, parental health, and other retention concerns.