SECNAVINST 1754.1B - Department of the Navy Family Support Programs

Scope

SECNAVINST 1754.1B sets Department of the Navy Family Support Programs policy. The instruction implements DODI 1342.22 (Military Family Readiness) inside the Department of the Navy. The Marine Corps implements through MCO 1754.9B (Family Advocacy / UPFRP), MCO 1754.10B (IR&R Program), MCO P1700.27B (MCCS), and MCO 1320.11H (Sponsorship). The instruction dates to 2005-09-27 and sits one layer above every Marine Corps family readiness order the portal surfaces.

Audience

• Installation commanders and family support staff running the core programs and services.
• Unit commanders executing family readiness under MCO 1754.9B.
• S-1 sponsorship coordinators and installation IR&R program managers. The portal admin sponsorship pages treat this instruction as the DON policy layer over MCO 1320.11H.

Structure

• Paragraph 1: Purpose.
• Paragraph 2: Cancellation.
• Paragraph 3: Scope.
• Paragraph 4: Definitions.
• Paragraph 5: Applicability.
• Paragraph 6: Background.
• Paragraph 7: Mission.
• Paragraph 8: Policy.
• Paragraph 9: Core Programs and Services.
• Paragraph 10: Confidentiality and Record Keeping.
• Paragraph 11: Responsibilities and Procedures.
• Paragraph 12: Report.
• Enclosure (1): Definitions.

Coverage

• DON family support program structure (paragraph 9 Core Programs and Services).
• Mission and policy framework for installation-level family support (paragraphs 7-8).
• Information, referral, and relocation coordination at installations (implemented in MCO 1754.10B).
• Family advocacy intake routing (implemented in MCO 1754.9B).
• Confidentiality and record keeping (paragraph 10).

Operative content

• The portal admin sponsorship program overview cites paragraphs 7 (Mission), 8 (Policy), and 9 (Core Programs and Services), dated 2005-09-27, as the DON family support policy behind the Marine Corps Sponsorship Program.
• The installation program manager and IR&R handoff page widens the working set to paragraphs 7 through 11, adding paragraph 10 (Confidentiality and Record Keeping) and paragraph 11 (Responsibilities and Procedures).
• Both pages place the instruction between DODI 1342.22 Sections 3 (MFRS) and 4 (Services) above and the MCO 1320.11H, MCO 1754.9B, MCO 1754.10B, and MCO P1700.27B execution layer below.
• The sponsorship workflow those pages document maps to NAVMC 3500.3E T&R event 0102-MPMN-2103 (Supervise personnel sponsorship program), with the IGMC Marine Corps Sponsorship Program Functional Area checklist as the audit baseline.

Connection to Marine Corps policy

• MCO 1754.9B Family Advocacy Program / UPFRP.
• MCO 1754.10B Information, Referral and Relocation Program.
• MCO 1320.11H Marine Corps Sponsorship Program.
• MCO P1700.27B Marine Corps Community Services Policy Manual.
• DODI 1342.22 Military Family Readiness (parent DoD policy).

Status

Active. Distribution Statement A.