http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com A resource for military veterans to discover the educational opportunities and support being offered through the Post 9-11 GI Bill Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:41:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/03/19/6-benefits-of-the-american-opportunity-tax-credit/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/03/19/6-benefits-of-the-american-opportunity-tax-credit/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:55:54 +0000 tlavelle http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=528 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/03/19/6-benefits-of-the-american-opportunity-tax-credit/feed/ 2 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/03/01/the-tsteps-to-completing-your-post-911-gi-bill-application/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/03/01/the-tsteps-to-completing-your-post-911-gi-bill-application/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:43:49 +0000 bgolshahi http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=499 military friendly school? The Department of Veteran Affairs outlines 3 steps to completing what can be a frustrating and time exhausting process. Veterans Benefits GI Bill is here to guide you through these 3 steps.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/03/01/the-tsteps-to-completing-your-post-911-gi-bill-application/feed/ 7 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/02/04/top-25-military-friendly-colleges-for-2010/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/02/04/top-25-military-friendly-colleges-for-2010/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:37:12 +0000 tlavelle http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=465 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/02/04/top-25-military-friendly-colleges-for-2010/feed/ 8 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/06/the-post-911-gi-bill-in-2010/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/06/the-post-911-gi-bill-in-2010/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:01:22 +0000 bgolshahi http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=442 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2010/01/06/the-post-911-gi-bill-in-2010/feed/ 6 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/12/30/extensions-for-post-911-gi-bill-transferability-to-end-in-2009/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/12/30/extensions-for-post-911-gi-bill-transferability-to-end-in-2009/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:37:02 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=436 family transferability option with the Post 9/11 GI Bill, the authorization of short term extensions will cease come the end of the year. This means that the only way to qualify for family transferability is to serve six or more years and also agree to serve four more years. This is unsettling for several military members and stirs up a debate. On one hand, the benefits are part of the earnings of serving the military and should be available to the spouse and children of someone that's been in the military for 10+ years, regardless of if they're retired. On the other hand, the military needs some form of military retention so that recruitment demands are not as high, and the Post 9/11 GI Bill's family transferability is one way to do it. The previous Montgomery GI Bill did not even allow family transferability.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/12/30/extensions-for-post-911-gi-bill-transferability-to-end-in-2009/feed/ 6 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/12/15/military-friendly-chiropractic-schools/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/12/15/military-friendly-chiropractic-schools/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:01:07 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=388 chiropractic schools that participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students that attend chiropractic schools won’t find the standard array of college degrees; instead, chiropractic schools focus exclusively on preparing students for a health care career in chiropractics, a nationally and globally growing occupation that held a mean salary of over $100k in 2007. Chiropractic school prepares military students for a rewarding health care position that focuses on a philosophy and technique based on: wellness for the community; the ability to heal the body; and career success.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/12/15/military-friendly-chiropractic-schools/feed/ 3 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/12/04/gi-bill-expiration-dates/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/12/04/gi-bill-expiration-dates/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:45:05 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=377 Post 9/11 GI Bill? According to the Q&A and the V.A.'s website, the answer is thankfully no! Military members that qualify for the Post 9/11 GI Bill have 15 years until the benefits expire, a 150% increase to the Montgomery GI Bill's time of forfeit.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/12/04/gi-bill-expiration-dates/feed/ 0 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/24/preparing-your-post-911-gi-bill-for-spring-2010/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/24/preparing-your-post-911-gi-bill-for-spring-2010/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:12:00 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=373 Post 9/11 GI Bill? The best first step--and one you're probably following if you're here--is trying to keep up with the latest Post 9/11 GI Bill news from November forward. By staying up-to-date, you're sure to remain informed on how your veterans educational benefits are working for you in Spring 2010. Veterans Benefits GI Bill has followed the VA website changes, emergency funds, and other last-minute fixes to the new GI Bill conundrum for the past several months. Some of the news, unfortunately, has been bad news--like banks turning military members with emergency checks away, or at best, telling them to delay--but then there's also the promise if a better semester coming this Spring thanks to the automated system being built for the VA's website. No more applications-in-the-slush-pile, waiting to be done by hand!]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/24/preparing-your-post-911-gi-bill-for-spring-2010/feed/ 5 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/18/gi-bill-national-guard/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/18/gi-bill-national-guard/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:30:56 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=363 Post 9/11 GI Bill? That the new GI Bill's been left to fend for the wolves? Think again! While there are still several military members that are [quite unbelievably] waiting for their Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, there are members that are pushing to refine the new GI Bill and make it more attractive for the military members of future semesters. And here's one of them. New bipartisan legislation was introduced on September 10 that would push 30,000+ National Guard members into Post 9/11 GI Bill qualification status. This legislation is thanked to Iowa representative Dave Loebsack and includes National Guard members that are called to active duty in order to support our homeland security.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/18/gi-bill-national-guard/feed/ 1 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/12/va-site-update/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/12/va-site-update/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:13:12 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=359 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/12/va-site-update/feed/ 1 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/03/military-spouse-benefits-at-hpu/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/03/military-spouse-benefits-at-hpu/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:19:28 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=353 Hawai'i Pacific University. This scholarship is available only to those that do not receive other benefits, such as the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Hawai'i Pacific University's Military Spouse Benefits Scholarship Program covers 25% of the educational expenses of all the HPU MCP (Military Campus Program) undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is available to non-active duty spouses of active duty military (and Coast Guard, and members of the Reserve / National Guard). The active duty/military member must fulfill the following requirements for the spouse to qualify...]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/11/03/military-spouse-benefits-at-hpu/feed/ 3 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:46 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=348 Veterans on Campus mentioned back in May '09 that the Wisconsin GI Bill--a state-funded military financial aid program in WI--would force students to switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill. The WI GI Bill grants a tuition waiver, but the student must provide documentation that he or she applied for the Post 9/11 GI Bill in order to qualify; if they were accepted, they must switch from Chapter 1606/MGIB to Chapter 30, and if they were declined, they may continue using Chapter 1606/MGIB. This throws a monkey wrench into the issue of whether the MGIB or the Post 9/11 GI Bill is more beneficial for Wisconsin college students. The effect was only proposed back when Dr. Pat blogged about it in May, but has officially been approved to go into effect in Spring 2010. Wisconsin military students will now have to decide whether to switch to the Post 9/11 GI Bill or not based on different factors:

1. Whether or not they receive more money from the Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 30) and the tuition waver from the WI GI Bill, or
2. They receive more funds from the Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 1606)

]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/27/wi-gi-bill/feed/ 1 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/20/va-contacting-veterans-concerning-benefits/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/20/va-contacting-veterans-concerning-benefits/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:15:53 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=341 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/20/va-contacting-veterans-concerning-benefits/feed/ 2 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/12/banks-refuse-to-cash-post-911-gi-bill-emergency-funds/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/12/banks-refuse-to-cash-post-911-gi-bill-emergency-funds/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:02:11 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=334 U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs has responded to this by posting how many financial benefits have been distributed on a continual basis--the last update, October 8, 2009, with 2,651 Post 9/11 GI Bill applications processed and 3,461 other government financial aid programs processed. This does not even begin to squelch the staggering 75,000 applicants for the Post 9/11 GI Bill, which raises up the question: what about the other 72,000+ military students? The answer was emergency funds, which would grant each of these individuals $3,000 in temporary financial aid benefits that would later be deducted from the total financial aid received by the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Combine this with several understanding colleges that are not dropping students because of overdue tuition bills, and you have a sustainable amount of money to hopefully cover textbooks and living expenses until all Post 9/11 GI Bill applications are taken care of. Housing funds is a whole other monster to conquer entirely.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/10/12/banks-refuse-to-cash-post-911-gi-bill-emergency-funds/feed/ 1 http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/09/28/emergency-funds-available-for-gi-bill-applicants/ http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/09/28/emergency-funds-available-for-gi-bill-applicants/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:03:10 +0000 Kourtnie McKenzie http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/?p=324 Post 9/11 GI Bill continues to plague veterans, reserve and active duty that are now several weeks into school. In an effort to process the long-due education benefits of military students, the Department of Veteran Affairs has authorized up to $3,000 per student that has not yet received their Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, translating into millions of dollars in emergency funds. The $3,000 is also available to military students that have applied for different military financial aid programs for school and have still not received funds. There is an estimate 75,000 veterans, reserve, and active duty eligible for the emergency funds, including 25,000 that have served since September 11. Statistics also show, however, that over 27,5000 military students have already received benefits for housing or books under the Post 9/11 GI Bill, and hundreds of thousands more have received benefits under its other available programs. In a statement to CNN, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said that this is "an extraordinary action we're taking," a process that is prompted by the necessity to recognize the hardships of military students.]]> http://www.veteransbenefitsgibill.com/2009/09/28/emergency-funds-available-for-gi-bill-applicants/feed/ 0