The Mission of Survivor Outreach Services is to:

• Expand and improve services to survivors.

• Provide education on the roles and responsibilities of all agencies within your community.

• Improve services and streamline the assistance process for you and your family.

• Provide a Support Coordinator, Financial Counselor, and Benefits Coordinator available for your assistance.

• The SOS program will serve as a holistic multi-agency and multi-component strategy to centralize casualty operations and decentralize programs and services.

• The SOS is designed to provide support services to survivors of Soldiers who have fallen in combat as well as support the survivors of all Soldiers who have passed while on duty.

• The SOS program will provide  short term and long term case management, (network of providers); benefits counseling; financial planning; legal assistance; personalized and integrated web-based support; one-stop service provider; service delivery based on specific individual needs, support as long as the Family member wants/needs support.

• In addition, the SOS support coordinator will provide awareness education to the military community about the needs of survivors and maintain linkage between survivor and the Army.