LinkVETS - The Veterans Resource Network

VA has entered into over 3000 Yellow Ribbon agreements for the 2010-2011 Academic year, with more than 1100 schools.

If you are eligible at the 100% level of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, you can receive additional funding for programs that exceed the maximum public, in-state tuition and fees limit.

The final list of participating schools is available here.

Some new schools have elected to participate, while some schools have changed the terms of their agreements. Make sure you know the current status of your school’s involvement.

Many of you have commented on the fact that your Advance Payment recoupment was more than the amount you asked VA’s Debt Management Center (DMC) to withhold from your April benefit. We hear you loud and clear and we're looking into some glitches in the system that snagged a number of people accidentally. We should have the issue solved within a few days.

Everyone is going to get all the money to which they are entitled. We understand that a number of student Veterans did not receive their March education benefit as expected on April 1 because of an error in the process of recovering funds for the Fall 2009 advance payments. For some student Veterans, the full amount of the benefit was deducted to recover the advance payment when a lesser amount should have been deducted. VA’s actions to refund this error are underway.

Letters will be sent within the next 48 hours to everyone affected by the issue either by email or through the United States Postal Service. We apologize for the inconvenience this inadvertently caused Veterans and their families. We ask for your patience as we resolve this important issue. We will update with any changes to our progress of correcting the error.

You do not need to take any action; VA is working with the U.S Department of the Treasury to refund the over-collections. Payments will be issued to student Veterans within a week.