MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii -- Marine Corps Base Hawaii is working to ensure that families with members covered by the Exceptional Family Member Program receive the appropriate assignment priority when applying for on-base family housing.
Procedures are in place, and Marine Corps housing regulations provide for families with Category 4 EFMs to be placed near the top of the appropriate waiting list, even before they arrive at their duty station.
If the family requires special accommodations such as air conditioning, wheelchair access, priority maintenance, or a single level home, Marine Corps policy allows families to submit a "Medical Exception to Policy."
Each request is approved on an individual basis after being certified by the Exceptional Family Member Program coordinator, the family's doctor, the senior medical officer at Branch Medical Clinic, and the Family Housing Office.
Even with the requirement that requests be approved by appropriate agencies, Category 4 EFM families still receive priority assignment over other families awaiting assignment to on-base housing.
The MCB Hawaii senior medical officer makes the final determination of any specific required accommodations above and beyond what is authorized by Headquarters, Marine Corps, and the government is also authorized to make any modifications to quarters that the family may require.
The EFMP coordinator for MCB Hawaii is Ed Josiah, and he can be reached at (808) 257-8876. Questions related to this family housing program should be addressed to Glenn Lambert at (808) 257-2524.
Qualified EFM families may contact the Family Housing Department upon notification of assignment to MCB Hawaii, to get the necessary medical paperwork finished prior to arrival.