Returning military resources

Over the next six to twelve months, many military reservists across the country will be returning from deployment back into the workforce. As such, our customers will have employees who are trying to reintegrate themselves into their former personal and professional lives. The process of readjusting to civilian life after a deployment can often be difficult and emotional. Many aspects of an individual’s life have changed or evolved during their absence; children have gotten older, friends and family have become more independent and company policies may have changed. To assist our customers in planning for the successful reintegration of returning military, we have developed many tools and resources.

Given the dynamics of returning from military duty, some of our members in this situation may need extra assistance to cope with a new phase in their lives. CIGNA Behavioral Health can play a key role in helping these individuals and their families deal with the transition. To this end, we have developed the following to help our clients support the successful reintegration of returning military to their organization:

• Employee Outreach Letter - letter to be used with the “Returning Military Members Resource Guide” to inform employees of services available to them and their families.
  
  
• Returning Military Members Resource Guide - provides a summary of CIGNA Behavioral Health, government, community and nonprofit resources that can help support returning military members in their transition back to civilian life.
  
  
• Manager's Resource Guide - Integrating Returning Servicemen and Women back into the Workforce - lists a summary of resources that can help managers identify potential behavioral issues of returning military and provide guidance in helping to overcome those issues.
  
  
• Manager's Telephonic Seminars - clients to be notified about seminars designed to help train their managers to support returning military members.
  
  
• Bi-monthly Tip Sheets for Managers - customers will receive tip sheets to help them identify and deal with specific issues that could affect returning military in the workplace.

For existing CIGNA Behavioral Health customers, the Member and Manager Resource Guides are located under "Current Topics" within the password-protected member section of the website. If you are interested in learning more about any of these tools or resources, please contact your CIGNA Behavioral Health sales executive or account manager.