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Atlanta Regional Processing Office
Linda McAllister, Chief, Education Liaison Officer
Jennifer Kimbrough, Senior Training & Quality Team
Education Claims Processing
• Consolidated Electronic Processing Since 2000
Buffalo
MuskogeeSt. Louis
Atlanta
Education Processing Office
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VA Education Programs
 Montgomery GI Bill—Active Duty
(MGIB, or Chapter 30)
– Initial active duty service after 6-30-85
– $1,200 military pay reduction
 Montgomery GI Bill—Selected Reserve
(MGIB-SR, or Chapter 1606)
– 6 year Selected Reserve Obligation
– Finish initial active duty training
– Funded by Department of Defense (DoD)
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VA Education Programs
 Reserve Educational Assistance Program
(REAP, or Chapter 1607)
– Established in 2005 by Department of Defense (DoD)
– Designed to provide education assistance to members of
the Reserve components called or ordered to active duty in
response to a war or national emergency
– Minimum of 90 days continuous active duty
– VA administers the program and pays benefit from funds
contributed by DoD
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VA Education Programs
 Survivors’ & Dependents’ Educational Assistance
(DEA, or Chapter 35)
– Spouses & children of Veterans or service members who:
• Died While on Active Duty, or
• Permanently & Totally Disabled, or
• Died From Service-Connected Disability, or are
• MIA, POW, or Hostages
• VA determines has a service-connected permanent and total
disability; and
– At the time of VA’s determination is a member of the Armed
Forces who is hospitalized or receiving outpatient medical care,
services, or treatment; and
– Is likely to be discharged or released from service for this service
connected disability
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VA Education Programs
 Post-9/11 GI Bill (CH 33)
Individuals who served on active duty after
09/10/01 for an aggregate period of at least
90 days.
Note: Exceptions are made for individuals discharged due to a
service connected disability and serving at least 30 continuous
days on active duty after 9/10/01.
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Post-9/11 GI Bill Eligibility Period
Eligible for benefits for 15 years from:
 Date of last discharge;
 Or Release from active duty of at least 90
continuous days.
Entitled to 36 months of benefits
 Limited to 48 months of combined benefits under
educational assistance programs administered by VA.
NOTE: Individuals transferring to the Post-9/11 GI Bill from the
Montgomery GI Bill (chapter 30) will be limited to the amount of
remaining chapter 30 entitlement.
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Benefit Payments
 Tuition and Fees (paid to school)
 Monthly Housing Allowance
 Books and Supplies Stipend
 Kickers/College Fund
 Yellow Ribbon Program
 Miscellaneous Payments
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Veterans Retraining Assistance Program
(VRAP)
VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 begins on July 1, 2012
•Offers 12 months of training assistance to unemployed
Veterans between the ages of 35 and 60
•Receive up to 12 months of assistance at the full-time
rate under Montgomery GI-Bill-Active Duty ($1,473 per
mo.)
•Programs:
VA approved program at a community college or
technical school that leads to an Associates, NonCollege Degree, or Certification
INFORMATION SOURCES
GIBILL WEB-SITE
www.gibill.va.gov
https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/
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