FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM (FAP)

Family Advocacy records detail the treatment of families for spousal abuse and child abuse or neglect.  Besides medical reports, FAP records contain mental health evaluations, investigative reports, and case review committee reports.

• Department of the Air Force:  These records should NOT be filed in the service record, although references or referrals may be found.  If a request is received for these records, follow same procedures as those outlined under the AIDS/HIV category in this guide.
• Department of the Army:  These records should NOT be filed in the service record, although references or referrals may be found.  FAP records are not retired to this Center.  Provide the following address to inquiries concerning those records:

  Brooke Army Medical Center
  ATTN:  Legal Section, Patient Administration Division
  Building 1028
  Fort Sam Houston, TX  78234-6200

• Department of the Navy:  These records should NOT be filed in the service record, although references or referrals may be found.  Some Navy FAP records have been retired to NPRC as organizational records.  If a request is received for these records, send the request to:

  Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
  2300 E. Street NW
  Washington, DC  20372-5300

Source:NPRC 1865.103