The VA is Giving Out Emergency GI Bill Checks
- Umm, Please…. Can we have our money? Pretty Please.
If you are a United States Veteran who applied for the New GI Bill, then you probably haven’t got a dime yet. You probably have called the VA and heard the Message “We are experiencing an unprecedented amount of claims.” You are probably eating “Ramen Noodles” and are worrying about keeping your lights on. If this sounds like you, then do not worry because there is hope.
On October 2nd, The VA is giving out “Emergency Checks” To Veterans. All you need to do is bring a government issued ID and proof of your college enrollment to the VA. To find a location near you, follow this link http://www2.va.gov/directory/guide/division_flsh.asp?dnum=3
If you can’t go to them, they say you can take care of it on the GI Bill website. I haven’t had any luck with that poorly done website. I will be standing in line with anyone else who was lucky enough to find this information.
Groups like “Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of American” have been advocating for us. I heard this info from them. If you are an Iraq or Afghanistan Veteran, you need to join the IAVA. This is their website http://iava.org/index.php
Here is a message from the IAVA sent Via Email.
I still don’t understand how this happened in the first place. We had to wait a year after the new GI Bill passed the Congress, and now we still don’t get our benefits.
They are receiving an unprecedented amount of claims? Of course they are, they just started giving us enough money to actually pay for college. What did they think was going to happen? We have been fighting two wars for almost a decade. You mean to tell me they didn’t notice the large amount of people who were going over there? Never mind, now that I think about it, they probably didn’t notice us at all.
Good Luck Brothers.
