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Indiana Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCY

Review, evaluate, and approve quality programs of education and training under State and Federal criteriaConduct on-site visits to approved institutions and those seeking approval, providing technical assistance to help them meet requirementsEngage in outreach activities to encourage wider use of the GI Bill, by veterans, schools, and employers

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Indiana Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCY

Responsible for approving Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL),Non College Degree Programs (NCD), On the Job Training and Apprenticeship Programs, Licensing and Certification, Flight Schools, and Entrepreneurship Training for veterans to use their GI Bill benefits.317-234-6062 / 1-800-400-4520Slide3

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Indiana Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCYColleges/UniversitiesPublic

Indiana University

Purdue University

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

Indiana State University

Private

University of Notre

DameValparaiso UniversityRose-Hulman Institute of TechnologySlide4

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Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCYNon-College Degree ProgramsEmergency Medical Technician/ParamedicRadiologyNursing/CNA

Police Academy/Fire Academy

Cosmetology/Barber

Real Estate Sales/BrokerSlide5

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Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCYApprenticeship ProgramsElectricianCarpenter

Plumber

Painter

Ironworker

Machinist

HVAC

Large or small, union or non-unionSlide6

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Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCYOn-The-Job Training ProgramsPolice OfficerFirefighterInstallersManager TraineeSlide7

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Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCYFlight SchoolsCommercial PilotInstrumentMulti-EngineSlide8

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Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCYLicensing and Certification ReimbursementPraxis (teacher)Bar ExamDental/Dental Hygiene

Health/Fitness InstructorSlide9

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Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCYEntrepreneurship TrainingThrough the Indiana Small Business Development CenterBusiness Start-upsExisting Business

Entrepreneurship Slide10

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Currently we have more than 450 colleges, universities and non-college degree programs approved

Currently we have more than 450 approved apprenticeship and OJT programsSlide11

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Indiana Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCYCompliance SurveysEach approved program must under go at sometime or another an annual audit.

This is to ensure that:

1-Quality instruction is being performed

2-Financials are being appropriated correctly

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STATE APPROVING AGENCYChapter 33 – Post 9/11 GI BillOffers higher education and training benefits to servicemembers and honorably discharged veterans who served after September 10, 2001.Benefits are generally payable for 15 years following release from active duty.Some servicemembers may be eligible to transfer all or some unused benefits to their spouse or dependent children. The Department of Defense determines eligibility

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Chapter 30 – Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB-AD)

For active duty members who enroll and pay $100 per month for 12 months and are then entitled to receive a monthly education benefit once they have completed a minimum service obligation.

Benefits are generally payable for 10 years following release from honorable active service

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Indiana Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCY

Chapter 1606 – Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB-SR)For Reservists with a six-year obligation in the Selected Reserve who are actively drilling and in good standing with the unit.Eligibility normally ends the day the servicemember leaves the Selected Reserve.Chapter 1607 – Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP)

Educational assistance to members of the Reserve components called or ordered to active duty in response to a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress.

National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 ended REAP on November 25, 2015. Some individuals will remain eligible for REAP benefits until November 25, 2019.

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Indiana Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCY

Chapter 35 – Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA)Offers education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition or of veterans who died while on active duty or as a result of a service-related condition.Children generally must be between 18 and 26 years of age. Benefits for spouses typically end 10 years from the date VA found the veteran eligible or from the date of death. Benefits for surviving spouses of servicemembers who died on active duty end 20 years from the date of death.Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (Fry Scholarship)

Provides Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to the children and surviving spouses of

servicemembers

who died in the line of duty while on active duty after September 10, 2001.

Children generally must be between 18 and 33 years of age. A spouse has 15 years from the date of death of the

servicemember

to use the benefit.

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Indiana Department of Veterans AffairsSTATE APPROVING AGENCY

Apply for benefits: www.gibill.va.govGI Bill Hotline:

1-888-442-4551

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1-888-GIBILL1)

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