Other downsizing communities were not so lucky. Regardless of the fact that there is a DMFS directive encouraging local commanders to maintain their family resource centre as one of the last support services to be cut during a downsizing, several military communities did not comply, and the family resource centre doors closed as much as six months before families were posted out.
Malgré la directive de DMFS invitant les commandants locaux à maintenir leurs centres de ressources pour les familles en dépit de la restructuration, plusieurs d'entre eux ne s'y sont pas conformés et des CRFM ont été fermés, certains même six mois avant que les familles ne soient mutées.