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MONTGOMERY GI BILL® ACTIVE DUTY (MGIB-AD)
Refer to: https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/montgomery-active-duty/
Eligibility
The MGIB-AD program—sometimes known as Chapter 30—provides education benefits to Veterans and Service members who have at least two years of active duty. You may be an eligible if you have an honorable discharge; AND you have a high school diploma or GED or in some cases 12 hours of college credit; AND you meet the additional eligibility requirements.
Available Benefits
Eligible Service members may receive up to 36 months of education benefits. The monthly benefit paid to you is based on the type of training you take, length of your service, your category, any college fund eligibility, and if you contributed to the $600 buy-up program. You usually have 10 years to use your MGIB benefits, but the time limit can be fewer or more years depending on the situation.
View current payment rates (find your Chapter in the list).
Veteran readiness AND EMPLOYMENT (VR&E)
Refer to: http://www.benefits.va.gov/vocrehab/
Eligibility
Period of Eligibility: 12 years from the date of separation from active military service, or date the veteran was first notified by VA of service-connected disability rating.
Available Benefits
You may receive Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) services to help with job training, employment accommodations, resume development, and job seeking skills coaching. Other services may be provided to assist Veterans and Service members in starting their own businesses or independent living services for those who are severely disabled and unable to work in traditional employment.
Call the Salt Lake City VR&E Office at 801-326-2431 for an appointment.
POST 9/11 GI BILL
Refer to: https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/post-9-11/Eligibility
Eligibility You may be eligible for education benefits if you meet at least one of the requirements listed below.
Note: If you’re a member of the Reserves who lost education benefits when the Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP) ended in November 2015, you may qualify to receive restored benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Available Benefits
A percentage (based on active duty time) of in-state tuition and fees are paid directly to the school for public school students
View current payment rates (find your Chapter in the list).
POST 9/11 GI BILL® TRANSFER OF ENTITLEMENT
Refer to: https://www.va.gov/education/transfer-post-9-11-gi-bill-benefits/
The transferability option under the Post-9/11 GI Bill allows Service members to transfer all or some unused benefits to their spouse or dependent children. The request to transfer unused GI Bill benefits to eligible dependents must be completed while serving as an active member of the Armed Forces. The Department of Defense (DoD) determines whether or not you can transfer benefits to your family. Once the DoD approves benefits for transfer, the new beneficiaries apply for them at VA.
Eligibility
Family members must be enrolled in the Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System (DEERS) and be eligible for benefits at the time of transfer to receive transferred benefits.
The option to transfer is open to any member of the armed forces active duty or Selected Reserve, officer or enlisted who is eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and meets the criteria established by the Department of Defense.
Available Benefits
View current payment rates (find your Chapter in the list).
SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Refer to: https://www.va.gov/education/survivor-dependent-benefits/dependents-education-assistance/
Eligibility
If you’re the child or spouse of a Veteran or service member who has died, is captured or missing, or has disabilities, you may be able to get help paying for school or job training through the DEA program—also called Chapter 35. Click on the URL above to see eligibility details for spouses and children.
Available Benefits
A monthly payment to help you cover the cost of college or graduate degree programs, career-training certificate courses, educational and career counseling, apprenticeships, and on-the-job training.
View current payment rates (find your Chapter in the list).
MARINE GUNNERY SERGEANT JOHN DAVID FRY SCHOLARSHIP
Refer to: https://www.va.gov/education/survivor-dependent-benefits/fry-scholarship/
Eligibility
If your parent or spouse was an active-duty service member who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, you may qualify for this benefit. Click on the URL above to see eligibility details.
Available Benefits
View current payment rates (find Fry Scholarship in the list).
MONTGOMERY GI BILL - SELECTED RESERVE (MGIB-SR)
Refer to: https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/montgomery-selected-reserve/
Eligibility
Available Benefits
Eligible Service Members may receive up to 36 months of education benefits. View current payment rates (find your Chapter in the list).
FEDERAL TA, STATE TA, STATE WAIVER
We recommend you speak with an Education Service Officer (ESO) prior to enrolling at UVU. For point of contact information for Utah National Guard or Reserves, visit our Resources page. Please visit the bottom section of our Required Forms page for help navigating the UVU side of the process. For information about the military side of the process, please visit one of the following sites:
Federal Tuition Assistance
State Tuition Assistance / Waiver (National Guard)
The UVU Veteran Success Scholarship was established in 2016 to benefit Utah Valley University students who are either veterans or dependent children or spouses of veterans.
The scholarship is awarded in two categories:
The scholarship application period is October through January of each year, and the money awarded is then applied to the following fall and spring semesters. The amount awarded to recipients is $1,000. This money is split across the two semesters evenly, $500 to fall and $500 to spring.
The scholarship is designed to not interfere or penalize students who are also utilizing the GI Bill®. Eligibility requirements apply. Applications are to be completed on the UVU Scholarships website, as outlined in the steps on this page.
How to Apply
UVU recognizes recipients of the Purple Heart with a Tuition Waiver option; however,
student must still pay fees. The waiver covers up to 18 credits of Utah resident undergraduate
tuition per semester, and/or up to $10,000 graduate tuition total (not per semester).
Visit the bottom of our Required Forms page to start setting up this waiver.
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