Space Criteria: A Guide to the Guides
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Family/Community
Service Centers
Family/community service centers may be established as
Table 7 - 42 DOD Space Authorization for
required to provide services to military members and
Family/Community Service Centers
their families. This assistance may include counseling
Military Strength'
Area (Gross SF)
about passports, voting, legal matters, insurance, military
separation, retirement, careers, housing, personal finan-
Provide in other facilities
0-
100
cial management, transportation, loans, grants, social
650
101 - 1,000
workers, emergency leave, handicapped children, etc.
1,150
1001 - 3,000
The facility will include space for reception, administra-
1,500
3,001 - 5,000
tion, household loan items, rest rooms, counseling
2,500
5,001 - 7,000
rooms, waiting room, storage and conference room.
2,750
7,001 - 10,000
3,000
Space allowances for family/community service centers
10,001 - 15,000
15,000
3,200
Over
are shown in Table 7 - 42.
Users of family/community service centers will benefit
Military strength includes active duty plus 25% of
from the convenience of co-location of these facilities
dependants.
with other community facilities. However, as many of the
For installations exceeding 7,000 military strength, an
services involved here are private or intimate in nature, it
additional 900 square feet may be provided for a classroom.
is appropriate to place them in a more secluded, less
exposed position. At the edge of, or nearby, a Main Post
Community Activity Center, or among its more quiet,
administrative functional areas, are appropriate locations
to consider.
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