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Military Service Members Resource List

Your Education Service Officer (ESO) is your best resource for assistance in choosing a military-friendly school that meets your educational needs. He or she can provide you with information, advice and support in navigating the often-complicated maze of the college-search process. Students should receive approval from their ESO, military counselor before choosing a college.

Academic Advising - Registrar's Office (319) 226-2002

Disability Counseling - ADA Coordinator (319) 226-2004

Financial Aid - Financial Aid Office (319) 226-2003

IgnitED/Tuition Assistance - Registrar's Office (319) 226-2006

VA Benefits Coordinator - Registrar's Office (319) 226-2006

Veterans Benefits

Allen College VA Certifying Officials

Diane Gebhardt - Diane.Gebhardt@54zhangmi.com or (319) 226-2006
Corrine Ott - Corrine.Ott@54zhangmi.com or (319) 226-2003

The VA certifying official provides assistance in obtaining VA education benefits to veterans and other eligible persons. VA education benefits are authorized to veterans and qualified dependents under specific chapters of Title 38, U.S. Code. Each chapter has specific eligibility requirements. The Allen College VA certifying official cannot determine your eligibility for VA education benefits. Your eligibility can only be determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (http://benefits.va.gov/gibill/).

VA Certifying Official Training

Approved Allen College Programs

Applying for Veterans Benefits

First-Time VA Benefits

If you have never used VA education benefits to attend college, you will need to:

1. Apply for your benefits online at http://www.gibill.va.gov/.

Select the link under VA Benefits and Health Care/Education Benefits/How to apply for benefits.
Submit all requested documents to the VA as directed.
Make a copy of the Certificate of Eligibility (COE) or award letter and forward to the VA Certifying Official at Allen College.

2. Apply for admissions to Allen College online at 5y9.54zhangmi.com (application).

If you have used VA education benefits at another college or while on active duty, you do not need to re-apply for your VA benefits. You will need to do the following:

Complete VA Form 22-1995. Change of Program/Place of Training. You can request this from the following U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs webpage at: www.va.gov/vaforms/form_detail.asp?FormNo=22-1995.

VA Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits

Contact a VA Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor by contacting the Iowa Workforce Development Office.

Waterloo (319) 235-2123
Des Moines (515) 362-7365

VA Contact Information

GI Bill Website

Questions and answers
Rates of pay
WAVE
Yellow Ribbon Program
Other links http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/

VA Regional Office

St. Louis (888) 442-4551 | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website

Enrollment Verification

You can verify your enrollment via text message or by calling the Education Call Center (ECC) 1-(888) GIBILL-1 / 1-(888) 442-4551. The ECC can also help you opt into text verification. VA strongly recommends verifying enrollment via text.

Direct Deposit (877) 838-2778

Veteran Affairs Commission, Black Hawk County (319) 291-2512

Iowa Military Education Coordinating Committee

Iowa Department of Education website

Yellow Ribbon Program Participation

Apply for the Yellow Ribbon Program

In compliance with Section 103 of the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018, Allen College will not impose the following penalties to covered individuals* due to the delayed disbursement of funding from the Department of Veteran Affairs:

Prevent nor delay the student's enrollment.
Assess late fees.
Deny access to any resources available to other students who have satisfied their tuition and fees bills to the institution, including but not limited to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities.
Require the student to secure alternative or additional funding.

*Covered individual is defined as any individual who is entitled to educational assistance under Chapter 31, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, or Chapter 33, Post 9/11 G.I. Bill®

To qualify for this provision, students are required to:

**Produce a Certificate of Eligibility.
Provide additional information needed to properly certify the enrollment as required by the Primary School Certifying Official.

**Certificate of Eligibility is defined as a Certificate of Eligibility, a Statement of Benefits, or a VAF 28-1905

This provision ends on the earlier of the following dates:

The date on which payment from the VA is made to the institution.
90 days after the date the institution certified tuition and fees following the receipt of the Certificate of Eligibility.

The restriction on penalties would not apply in cases where the student owes additional payment to the school beyond the amount of the tuition and fee payment from VA to the school. VA would have to make payments to schools no later than 60 days after receiving the tuition and fee certification from the school, and they would have to report semiannually to Congress any cases in which VA fails to make such payments within 60 days of certification.

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