NEW INITIATIVES To improve support and services offered for military family members, the Defence team will: 22. Implement teams at Wings and Bases across Canada, in partnership with Military Family Resource Centres, to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. 23. Improve access to psychological services through social workers and referrals to community programs and services. 24. Develop a Comprehensive Military Family Plan to help stabilize family life for Canadian Armed Forces members and their families who frequently have to relocate. This includes: • Providing an additional $6 million per year to modernize Military Family Support Programs, such as Military Family Resource Centres, to provide better support to families when members are deploying or during periods of absence; • Establishing relocation expertise to help military families find and access the services they need in a new community; and • Working with federal, provincial and private sector partners to improve the coordination of services across provinces to ease the burden of moving. 29