Educational Benefits

Educational Benefits for those that Served, and those still serving.

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 contains many important changes to GI Bill benefits for reservists, for more information about that and other military benefits http://www.gibill.va.gov/

Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Program
If you qualify for IVG and the Montgomery G.I. Bill, you may receive benefits from both programs during the same academic year for eligible educational expenses. Click here for more info http://www.collegezone.com/studentzone/416_962.htm

Tuition Assistance (TA) Armed Forces Tuition Assistance (TA) is a benefit paid to eligible members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Congress has given each service the ability to pay up to 100% for the tuition expenses of its members. Click here to see more http://education.military.com/money-for-school/tuition-assistance/tuition-assistance-ta-program-overview

Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain postbaccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education. Find more here http://www.ed.gov/programs/fpg/index.html

General Financial Aid site - but don't forget to ask about special benefits from your service or corp that you may be elegible for due to special circumstances.

https://www.fafsa.com/Forms/Ajax/FAFSA/Default.aspx

A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America,” for an amount of “up to and including my life.”