Enrollment Manager helps improve the delivery of your education benefits
School Certifying Officials (SCOs) play a crucial role in your GI Bill education journey, which is why we released Enrollment Manager, a modernized system for SCOs to certify your course enrollments more efficiently. Since releasing Enrollment Manager, VA has received over three million enrollments. This milestone is a testament to the improved processes VA is implementing with the Digital GI Bill (DGIB) initiative to better deliver education benefits to you.
To celebrate this DGIB milestone, we interviewed Edward “Ed” Sivells, the SCO at Tidewater Community College, who submitted the millionth enrollment. Take a moment to check out this video and see how Enrollment Manager makes it easier for SCOs like him to support GI Bill students like you.
Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition and fee payments, financial aid and scholarships
Post-9/11 tuition and fee payments:
- If you are attending a public school, VA can reimburse the full cost of your in-state tuition and mandatory fees, based on your individual benefit level.
- If you are attending a non-public school, VA can reimburse the cost of your tuition and mandatory fees, up to the maximum rate cap, based on your individual benefit level.
- These payments will be made directly to your school or training institution.
Yellow Ribbon payments:
- The Yellow Ribbon Program can help you pay for higher out-of-state, private school, foreign school or graduate school tuition and fees that the Post-9/11 GI Bill doesn’t cover.
- You must have an individual benefit level of 100% to be eligible for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
- Both you and your school must be approved for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
- These payments will be made directly to your school or training institution.
Financial Aid:
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Federal Financial Aid Programs (Title IV Financial Aid), such as Pell Grants, do not impact what your school can certify for your reimbursable Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition and fees.
- Eligibility for VA Education benefits does not affect your eligibility to receive Federal Financial aid.
Scholarships:
- Scholarships can impact what your school can certify for your reimbursable Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition and fees. This is regardless if your school or a third party agency is providing the scholarship.
- If the scholarship is tuition and fees specific – it must be deducted from what is certified to VA.
- If the scholarship is not tuition and fees specific (i.e. it can be used for housing or non-mandatory fees) – it does not need to be deducted from what is certified to VA.
If you have questions or concerns about the amount of tuition and fees certified by your school to VA, contact your school or training institution’s School Certifying Official. This individual will be able to explain how the tuition and fees amount certified to VA was determined and can help you understand (or help you connect with someone at your facility who can better explain) your tuition and fees bill.
If you have questions or concerns about the amount paid by VA, please contact us through the Ask VA or Education Call Center.
FAQs on your housing and book payments
Have questions about your housing or books stipend? Read these FAQs to what you’ll get paid, why, and when to expect payments. They include:
- Who qualifies for housing payments?
- How much will my housing payment be?
- What if I don’t take classes or training every day that month?
- Will I receive a books and supplies stipend?
- When will my payments arrive?
- Will the payment arrive in one lump sum?
Hiring Our Heroes Toyota Giveaway
In partnership with Toyota North America, Hiring Our Heroes is giving a Toyota vehicle to a Veteran, Service member or military spouse through its annual Committed to America’s Heroes sweepstakes. The annual contest is your chance to win a new Toyota of your choice.
The 2022 winner, featured above, was U.S. Navy military spouse Andrea Unzueta who selected a Toyota Highlander XSE.
Which Toyota vehicle would you choose?
The Committed to America’s Heroes sweepstakes ends December 1.
Enter at: https://www.hiringourheroes.org/committed-sweepstakes/
Apply to be a White House fellow
 Founded in 1964, the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships is the Nation’s premier program for leadership and public service. The White House Fellowship offers exceptional Americans first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the Federal government. After a competitive application process, selected individuals spend a year in Washington, D.C. working as a full-time, paid Fellow aiding Cabinet Secretaries, senior White House staff, and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sectors. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis.
Applicant eligibility:
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.
- Federal government employees are not eligible, with the exception of career military personnel and some special government employees.
- Applicants must have completed their undergraduate education.
- Applications are available online in November and are due in January of each year.
- The Fellowship runs from September to August .
Selection criteria:
- Demonstrated unusual ability, outstanding motivation and a broad capacity for leadership.
- Show exceptional promise of future development.
- Dedicated to the institutions of the United States and the values of American civilization.
Ready to begin the Transfer of Entitlement (TOE) process?
Do you know anyone who is looking to transfer their education benefits or use transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits? If so, we’ve got updates you can share with them!
When they’re ready to start the process, our latest blog walks through the easier application process for Transfer of Entitlement (TOE) recipients and provides helpful links for additional information. To learn more about the TOE transfer process, check out the TOE page on VA.gov.
Upcoming events and helpful resources
Event links: Find both in-person and online job fairs, seminars and social events specifically for Veterans, Service members, and their dependents.
Applying for benefits links:
**If you need to request an additional or updated Certificate of Eligibility Letter, you can request it through Ask VA or from the Education Call Center.
Choosing an educational training institution links:
Understanding your award letter link:
Enrollment Verification links:
Point of contact links:
If you have questions or concerns about ID.me or Login.gov you must contact them directly. These systems are not managed by EDU.
Keep VA in the loop
Has your name changed recently? Your address? Your phone number or email? Your Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) information?
If so, have you reported that change to VA?
If not, please make sure to update your information through the Ask VA (AVA) system as soon as possible. You can also report this updated information by contacting our Education Call Center.
We know one of your most important resources is time. By notifying VA of these changes early, we can help ensure that there is minimal impact on your benefits, avoiding potential payment delays or you missing critical information about your benefits.
If you haven’t already, please also:
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