 Office of Veterans
Affairs
The Office of Veterans Affairs, located in C-107,
provides a full range of counseling
services for the veteran population. The
Veterans Coordinator provides
information regarding all of the
benefits available to students and
assists with any other problems
encountered while attending the college.
The programs available to veterans are:
Veterans Tutorial Benefits: To
be eligible for tutorial benefits,
veterans must be receiving monthly
benefits on at least a half-time basis.
A veteran is entitled to 12 months of
tutorial benefits to a maximum of $
100.00 per month.
Veterans Work-Study: Veterans
must be receiving full-time benefits to
be eligible to work up to 750 hours per
year. The hourly rate is $7.15.
Placements are in areas which directly
affect the student population.
Vocational Rehabilitation: This
is available to veterans who have at
least a 20% disability rating from the
Veterans Administration and includes
payment for tuition, fees, and a monthly
stipend. Full-time and part-time veteran
students are eligible.
Benefits for Dependents of
Veterans: There are numerous
programs available to dependents of
disabled veterans. For more information
about these programs, please visit the
Office of Veterans Affairs in C-107.
Important Notice
Regarding Monthly Verifications:
You can now
submit your monthly verification forms by
touch-tone telephone at 877-823-2378 or connect
to the Internet site at
www.gibill.va.gov and follow the link to the
Web Automated Verification of Enrollment (WAVE)
program. If your enrollment has changed during
the month, you must verify your enrollment
through the WAVE program.
If you want to use one of the methods above and
do not want to receive verifications in the mail
each month, call 888 GI-BILL1 and the counselor
will change your record to stop the mailing of
paper verifications. You do, however, have to
verify your enrollment each month in order to
receive payment.
Veterans
Administration Educational Benefits
Montgomery G.I. Bill-Active Duty
(Chapter 30)
Application Procedure: Application forms are
available at all VA offices, the Office of
Veteran Affairs on campus in C-107, active duty stations and
American embassies.
Eligibility Requirements: Individuals
entering military service on or after
July 1, 1985 have their basic military
pay reduced by $ 100.00 a month for the
first 12 months of their service, in
order to be eligible for this
educational assistance program.
Individuals eligible for the Old G.I.
Bill (Chapter 34) as of December 31, 1989, who
meet certain eligibility criteria may also be
eligible but do not have their basic pay
reduced. Persons who, after December 31, 1976,
received commissions as officers from service
academies (e.g., West Point, the Naval Academy,
etc.) or ROTC scholarship programs are not
eligible for this program: Montgomery G.I. Bill
- Selected Reserve (Chapter 1606, Title 10, U.S.
Code).
Entitlement/Monthly
Rates:
Active duty for 3 years or 2 years
active duty plus 4 years in the Selected
Reserved or National Guard entities an
individual to $1101.00 a month basic
benefits for 36 months or the equivalent
in part-time training. If an
individual's initial obligated period of
active duty is less than 3 years which
is not followed by service in the
Selected Reserve, the basic educational
assistance benefit is $753.00 monthly
for 36 months (or the equivalent in
part-time training). There is also a
targeted, discretionary kicker of up to
an additional $600.00 available to
persons whose skills are critical to the
military (e.g. Army College Fund, Navy
Sea College Fund programs).
The Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP)
Chapter 1607 provides education assistance to
Guard and Reservists who have served 90 days or
more in a contingency operation after September
11, 2001.
Application Procedure: Applications are
available on-line through the VA website at
http://vabenefits.vba.gov/vonapp.
Eligibility Requirements:
1- Must have been called to active duty under
the federal authority for a contingency
operation as determined by Congress or the
President;
2- Must have served on active duty in a contingency operation for at least
90 continuous days after September 11, 2001; and
3- Must remain within your component to use
benefits. The 35 months of full-time entitlement
begin after the 90-day minimum service is
completed. There is no time limit for using
benefits provided the individual remains within
their component. Once the individual leaves
their component or is discharged (except for
disability), eligibility for REAP benefits ends.
Montgomery
G.l. Bill-Selected Reserve
(Chapter 1606, Title 10, U.S. Code)
Chapter 1606 of title 10, U.S.C.,
Educational Assistance for Members of
the Selected Reserve, is also referred
to as the Montgomery G.I. Bill-Selected
Reserve. Since July 1, 1985, DVA has
held benefit payment responsibility,
although the funding of educational
assistance payments under this program
is provided by the Department of
Defense.
Monthly Rates: The rates of
educational assistance allowance payable
under Chapter 106 for pursuit of a
program of education are:
$317.00 per month for full-time
pursuit,
$237.30 per month for three-quarter
time pursuit,
$157.00 per month for half-time
pursuit.
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