ADC Mil Spouses Release White Paper

May 13, 2026

Members of ADC’s Military Spouse Leadership Initiative have released a new toolkit, providing recommendations for communities to build stronger connections to military spouses. “Mind the Gap: Connectedness, Integration, and Continuity” covers the three pillars of the proposed CIC framework. 

“We are not asking communities to conform to military culture, and military spouses are not asking to conform to a community’s existing structures,” the report shares. “What we are asking for is integration, the kind that happens when two entities decide to build something together.” 

You can read the full report here. 

The release also included a toolkit for communities to evaluate their initiatives and determine what areas could use improvement. The toolkit can be found here. 

May 13, 2026

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