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Show HILL TO 16 for.your information TIMES Friday, April 24, 1987 weos 'Of By TSgt. Marrie SchilUr RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFNS) Ten months into a four-yeassignment to Hahn AB, West Germany, SSgt. Stephen Groven's wife gave birth to their fifth child. Unfortunately, the occasion was ar m m Sergeant Groven applied for reassignment under the Program. Fourteen days later, he had an assignment to Kelly. Matthew was placed in the Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Texas, less than five miles away. "Doctors operated last October, but other complications have kept Matthew in the intensive care unit. Yet the Grovens are hopeful he will recover. They also say they are grate- Children-Have-A-Potenti- 1 III al CHAP re- about 74 percent of the 905 quests, according to Capt. Philip C. Bradberry, chief of the Humanitarian and CHAP Assignment Section at Randolph AFB. al. The program helps families with emotionally, physically or mentally handicapped children find assignments near facilities and services which help the child. Members of a special section of the Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center at Randolph AFB, Texas, work with assignment officials to find the best location for the family. Various steps must be taken before an assignment becomes final. Call the Hill AFB CHAP officer at Ext. 74537 for details. LI.W.I.I.I W.'.w.v.".WtW.W.V.W.,WW.W immmli Each year hundreds of families such as the Grovens turn to'the humanitarian and CHAP reassignment program for help. Through the program, families with handicapped children either emotional, physical or mental limitations can be deferred from an assignment or reassigned to an area where services and facilities are available for their children. ful for the CHAP assignment r The Air Force has a program to help its families with handicapped children ma marred by Matthew Thomas' heart problems. The same problems had claimed the life of the Grovens' fourth child two years earlier. "It was like watching the whole thing over again," said Sergeant Groven, a security specialist now assigned to Kelly AFB, Texas. But the same thing did not happen. Doctors suggested that the Grovens return to the United States where Matthew could have the delicate surgery needed to repair his heart. Last year, Air Force approved CHAP program aids service families with special kids Air Force News Service Children-Have-A-Potenti- vlhie wCnoDe vCdoitdgj woclniDini Dnllie program. His office receives recommendations from the Surgeon General's Office, assignment officials and base CHAP officers concerning a family's request. "Most requests are from people.sta-tione- d overseas where services for handicapped children often are not available," said Captain Bradberry. However, he noted that the CHAP o 5 mi' (9) Kelly AFB under the CHAP program. T ..'mMnM'nB Ji.l.4 TU. xiie BuuiBU uaquetta uauiiici, was born last year with a rare blood disease. Airman Morrison and his wife, Sheila, are from Maryland, so Sheila remained there with their daughter while he completed basic training and technical school at Lack-lanAFB. After school, Airman Morrison was assigned to Ellsworth AFB, S.D. Less months later doctors disco- than two I T Ml s umess. vereaI uaquetta Airman Morrison anDlied fnr n CHAP reassignment, hoping to return to the Washington, D.C., area d : - "I wanted Andrews AFB (Md.), but i reassignment program does not guarantee a person will not be assigned overseas or only assigned to certain areas. "We have to look at the Air Force's needs," he said. This means striking a balance between where a member is needed the most and where the child guess they needed people more at Kelly' he said. He said he and his wife were unhappy about being reassigned to Kelly because their daughter already was being treated by doctors at the Johns Hopkins Medical Complex in Maryland. "They were already familiar with her case and were doing a lot of work with her type disease," he said. His daughter is now being treated by doctors at Wilford Hall. "They say she has the type (disease) ' can get needed care. This balancing act sometimes results in some requests being disapproved or in some overseas members being encouraged to opt for a short-tou- r g assignment, then apply for where their back to the area child already is being cared for. In some cases, he said, the family may get a CHAP assignment, but not to the area they preferred. This was the case with Am Herbert Morrison, another security specialist assigned to home-basin- that may disappear as she gets older," said Airman Morrison. "But right now, she's the only baby in Texas with it. 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