Sign Up for Emergency Education Payments on VA Web-Site this Friday
Secretary Shinseki today announced further outreach to Veteran-students eligible for a special emergency payment of their education benefits. Veterans can now apply online beginning October 2nd. Veteran-students can also request courtesy transportation to VA regional benefits offices.
Last week VA announced that its 57 regional benefits offices would begin providing on-the-spot emergency payments up to $3,000 to students
who have applied for their education benefits but who have not yet received a government payment.
Citing the distance many Veterans would have to travel to apply in person at a VA benefits office, Shinseki announced Veterans can also
apply online at www.va.gov, starting Oct. 2.
Secretary Shinseki observed the 69th anniversary of Gold Star Mothers Day at
Arlington Cemetery, September 27, 2009 with a ceremony and wreath laying.
Gold Star Mothers and Families Day is an annual remembrance of mothers who
lost sons and daughters in military service. The American Gold Star Mothers
is a unique service organization, chartered by Congress on June 4, 1928, to
honor deceased service members and their mothers. The group volunteers to help
hospitalized Veterans in facilities operated by the VA. They also work with
the families of military personnel killed on active duty.
2009 Summer Sports Clinic
Recently-injured Veterans will learn how to surf, kayak, sail and enjoy
other summer sports at the second annual National Veterans Summer Sports
Clinic September 20 - 25 in San Diego, CA. The clinic introduces
recently-injured Veterans to adaptive sports to renew their self confidence
through sports activities. Participation is open to military Veterans
who are eligible for VA medical care and who have orthopedic amputations,
traumatic brain injuries, burn injuries, psychological trauma, certain
neurological conditions, visual impairment, spinal cord injuries
and other injuries.
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