Funding for the MFSP supports the delivery of services to:

• Married or common-law Regular Force CF members and their spouses. The term “spouse” is broadly interpreted; CF policy recognizes both common-law and same-sex partners.
• Children and youth (up to and including the age of 18) of Regular Force CF members.
• Regular Force CF members who are single parents with children (up to and including the age of 18).
• Reservists’ families, before, during and after deployment.
• Parents of single Regular Force CF members before, during and after deployment.
• Families of Non-Public Fund and Department of National Defence civilian employees before, during and after deployment with the CF on a mission outside of Canada.   

Restrictions, limitations and exceptions to specific services of the MFSP, where they exist, are detailed in the relevant administrative policy.

Funding from DMFS is specific to the populations served, as noted above, and to the mandated services identified in these service policies. However, with the concurrence of the CO, individual C/MFRCs can respond to unique local community needs by expanding the range of services and/or the populations served.