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Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty
Provides education benefits to individuals who entered active duty for
the first time after June 30, 1985. https://www.gibill.va.gov/pamphlets/CH30/CH30_Pamphlet_General.htm
Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve
Provides education benefits to those who serve in reserve elements of
the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Army National Guard,
and Air National Guard. http://www.gibill.va.gov/pamphlets/CH1606/CH1606_Pamphlet_General.htm
Veterans Educational Assistance Program
Provides similar education benefits as those under the Montgomery GI Bill
programs, but applies only to individuals who first entered active duty
between January 1, 1977 and June 30, 1985 and elected to participate by
making contributions from their military pay. http://www.gibill.com/Veap.cfm
Tuition Assistance "Top-Up"
Provides tuition assistance to veterans for educational programs approved
by the Department of Veterans Affairs. http://www.gibill.com/topup.cfm
Survivors' and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program
Provides eligible dependents of veterans who are permanently and totally
disabled due to a service-connected condition, or who died while on active
duty or as a result of a service-connected condition, educational benefits
for up to 45 months. These benefits may be used for degree and certificate
programs, apprenticeship, and on-the-job training. Spouses are entitled
to take a correspondence course. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses
may be approved under certain circumstances. http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/benefits.htm
Vocational Rehabilitation Programs
Provides veterans who suffered a service-connected disability or disabilities
in active service employment assistance, self-employment assistance,
training in a rehabilitation facility, college enrollment, and other training.
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/index.htm
Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS)
Provides grants administered by the Department of Labor to each state
employment and training services to eligible veterans.
http://www.dol.gov/vets/
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Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP)
Provides job and training opportunities for veterans with special emphasis
on veterans with service-connected disabilities. DVOP specialists are
employed by the Department of Labor and provide direct services to veterans
enabling them to be competitive in the labor market. http://www.dol.gov/vets/welcome.html
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Veterans Workforce Investment Program (VWIP)
Supports employment and training programs, through grants or contracts,
to meet the needs for workforce investment activities of veterans with
service-connected disabilities, veterans who have significant barriers
to employment, veterans who served on active duty in the Armed Forces
during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge
has been authorized, and recently separated veterans. The program is administered
by the Department of Labor. http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/fact/vwip_fs05.htm
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