CAIB aims to provide avenues to get care

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  • By Senior Airman Charles Rivezzo
  • 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --  In an effort to provide avenues of care to Airmen and their families, wing leaders from across the installation meet on a quarterly basis to identify community issues and work in unity at finding resolutions.

Locally, the Community Action Information Board, or CAIB, discusses a wide variety of individual, family and community issues ranging from deployment and reintegration support to personal finances to physical health and wellness.

"The purpose of the CAIB is to bring wing leaders together, under one roof, and work to identify local concerns unique here to Travis," said Wesley Yancey, 60th Air Mobility Wing community support coordinator and CAIB executive director. "We take a strategic look at quality of life, personnel readiness and community issues to formulate long-term solutions."

The CAIB operates at three levels: installation, major command and Headquarters Air Force. At the installation level, the CAIB is chaired by Col. Corey Martin, 60th AMW commander.

The idea is to use a grass-roots approach to hear concerns with emphasis on positive actions and programs that strengthen force readiness and assist Air Force families in successfully managing the demands of military life.

At the wing, the CAIB works hand-in-hand with a multi-agency working group called the Integrated Delivery System. The IDS, the action arm of the CAIB, is comprised of various helping agencies to develop initiatives to present to the CAIB.

Some of these agencies include Airmen from Mental Health, Family Advocacy, the staff judge advocate's office, the chaplain's office, public affairs, child and youth programs, Airman and Family Readiness Center, and other agencies designed to assist people.

"Over the past year, these helping agencies have significantly increased their outreach footprint as well as the workshops offered," Yancey said. "The individuals that serve on the IDS are the installation's experts when it comes to the development and care of Airmen and their family members. We could not have any greater advocates gathered around the table."

Additionally, the CAIB approves a community action plan every two years to guide the board's activities and to establish priorities for the organizations participating in the CAIB.

According to Yancey, this year's CAP will focus on five areas for improvement: impact of deployment, family adjustment, dispositional resilience, personal finances and physical health.

"We are working to show that the development and care for Airmen, families and civilian employees is not only an Air Force priority, but a true Travis priority as well," he said. "We take the charge of the Air Force's priorities extremely seriously, which is to develop Airmen and take care of their families."

The final CAIB meeting for fiscal year 14 is scheduled to take place in October.