Holiday Food Gift Card

HOLIDAY FOOD GIFT CARD

Information

The Holiday Food Gift Card Program (HFGCP), as outlined in the III MEF/MCIPAC-MCBBO 1700.1A, is intended to provide support to families needing assistance during the December holidays. Qualified families residing in Okinawa can purchase traditional holiday meal items, at little or no cost of their own, through use of Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) gift cards received as donations.

Eligibility to receive a voucher is as follows:

a. Single income families of active duty Marines and Sailors (E-4 and below) and Department of Defense employees (GS-05/NAFI equivalent and below), with at least one child, or other legal dependent (e.g., parent), who currently reside in Okinawa with the Service Member or DOD employee, when special financial need exists.

b. Single income families of active duty Marines and Sailors (E-5), with two or more children, or other legal dependents (e.g., parent), who currently reside in Okinawa with the Service Member, when special financial need exists.

c. MSC Coordinators may qualify families not otherwise eligible under the above guidance when special financial need exists. Under this provision, MSC Coordinators should qualify any family currently residing in Okinawa whose sponsor is deployed to combat operations during the holiday period, and financial need exists.

d. Eligible family members must be physically present during the December holiday period. Families off-island during the December holiday period do not qualify for this program.