Once TSMA is terminated what options remain for the employee?
The employee may submit an SF-1190 to the appropriate agency requesting involuntary SMA for each family member and specifying in box #18 of the SF-1190 the reason for the request; namely, that the post is unaccompanied and travel to post has been denied to the employees family members, per DSSR 264.1. An employees minor family members are covered by involuntary SMA until the age of 21 (age 18 for voluntary SMA with the exception of those over 18 who are in secondary school). Involuntary SMA is paid according to the following rates: $6,000 for one child; $9,900 for 2 or more children; $11,300 for one adult; $15,300 for one adult and one additional family member; $17,300 for one adult and two or three family members; and $20,200 for one adult and four or more additional family members, per DSSR 267.1a.
