Financial Assistance
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VA Inspector General Cites Poor Oversight of College Programs Approved for GI Benefits
Type of content: News
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The VBA questioned the audit's methodology and said it was biased toward for-profit schools, which only represent one in five institutions where students receive military benefits. Out of 70 institutions sampled in the audit, 50 were for-profits.
The VBA also disagreed with the audit's assessment that the relationship between the VBA and the SAAs is weak.
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VA Suspends All Discharges from Caregiver Program
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The Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday announced it would temporarily stop discharging veterans from a program that provides compensation and benefits to family members who take care of them.
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Here’s why veteran entrepreneurs have a harder time getting financing than nonvets
Type of content: News
Everyone needs seed money to start a business. But veteran entrepreneurs usually have a harder time getting financing than their nonveteran counterparts, a new study finds.
Veterans had to submit more applications to get approved for loans and other types of financing, and when they eventually were approved, it was often for less money than they were seeking, according to data from the latest annual Federal Reserve Banks’ Small Business Credit Survey.
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VA to fast-track benefits appeals for hurricane victims
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WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials will accelerate appeals claim processing for individuals affected by the recent hurricanes that lashed the southeastern United States, calling it another way to help those veterans in need.
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Veterans, military retirees will see a 2.8 percent COLA boost for 2019
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WASHINGTON — Veterans receiving disability pay and military retirees will see a 2.8 percent cost-of-living boost starting in December, their largest increase in six years.
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Everything you need to know about tuition assistance, by service
Type of content: News
Did you know that you can earn a degree in the military without spending a penny of your own money and without using up any of your GI Bill benefits?
Through a benefit called tuition assistance, or TA, active-duty service members can take classes in pursuit of a college degree on the military’s dime.
TA covers $250 per semester hour, with a yearly cap, but each service can set its own requirements, and some rules vary.
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This program could lead to IT careers for military spouses with starting salaries of $70K
Type of content: News
Some military spouses in Washington state have started training for long-term portable careers in technology, with average starting salaries of about $70,000 a year, under a free pilot program launched by Microsoft.
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Leaving the military? You’ll get extra time to use benefits like free tax help, counseling
Type of content: News
Those leaving the military will have more time to use free resources such as income tax help, nonmedical counseling, spouse employment assistance and other resources via Military OneSource, thanks to a provision in the defense authorization bill
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Lawmakers demand Pentagon drops GI Bill transfer limits
Type of content: News
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of 83 House lawmakers are blasting a Defense Department plan to change rules on troops transferring their GI Bill benefits to dependents, calling it unfair and devastating for military morale.
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U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Team Up to Simplify Student Loan Discharge Process for Disabled Veterans
Type of content: News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Education (Department) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make it easier for America’s disabled veterans to have their federal student loans discharged.
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