The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides educational assistance to veterans and certain dependents. Veterans have had educational benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs since World War II, but no prior GI bill programmes have been as comprehensive or administratively complex. Covered benefits include all tuition and fees at any public…

Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. In recent years, the unemployment rate among veterans as a whole has generally been similar to or lower than the unemployment rate for nonveterans 18 years and older. However, veterans who have…

As a new GI Bill moved through Congress in 2008, a handful of influential politicians grew concerned. Would such a generous education program trigger an exodus of service members during two wars? At the Pentagon's urging, the lawmakers proposed a fix: Give troops the option to transfer their benefits to a child or spouse. That policy quickly…

Section 901 is an Educational Assistance Test Program created by the Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1981 (Public Law 96-342) to individuals who entered on active duty after September 30, 1980, and before October 1, 1981 (or before October 1, 1982, if entry was under a delayed enlistment contract signed between September 30, 1980, and…

This pamphlet provides key information about education benefits veterans may earn from their active duty. It is designed to help them plan their use of the Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty (MGIB--AD, or chapter 30 of title 38, U.S. Code) by determining their eligibility, enumerating programs available to them, and discussing other important…

The Post-Vietnam Veterans' Educational Assistance Program, or VEAP (chapter 32 of title 38, U.S. Code) and the Educational Assistance Pilot Program (Section 903 of Public Law 96-342) were enacted by Congress to attract high quality men and women to the all-voluntary Armed Forces. VEAP provides education and training opportunities to eligible…

The purpose of the study was to compare the operation of the post-Korean conflict program of educational assistance currently being carried out by the Veterans Administration with similar programs and educational assistance that the Veterans Administration made available to veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict. The highlights of the…

A copy of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) as amended in 1977 and a summary of the act's provisions with rationale for the amendments constitute this report. The 1977 version of the bill includes provisions for (1) extension of the authorization of all titles of CETA through 1978, (2) extension through 1978 the…

This publication is a guide to programs created by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. An opening section describes the McKinney Act itself and the agency that developed the guide. The bulk of the publication lists and describes 24 McKinney Act programs grouped under the following headings: (1) education and training programs;…

This booklet serves as an introduction to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and describes the ETA's development and the services it provides to employers and jobseekers. It details programs, field services, history, prime objectives, and the 1978 legislation concerning ETA and CETA. Special areas discussed in detail are the…

This report of the education seminar held before media representatives contains statements by policy-level officials and technical experts in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Formal presentations are followed by question and answer sessions. Participants in the seminar include Lewis M. Helm, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs;…

In terminating the GI Bill, Congress provided an alternative benefit to military personnel by passing Public Law 94-502, the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 (VEAP). The purpose of VEAP was to provide educational assistance to men and women entering the armed services after termination of the GI Bill, to assist young…

This volume contains the second half of part 1 of a 4-part compendium of information about low income assistance programs plus the remaining 3 parts of the compendium. Part 1 contains detailed information about 59 major federally supported public assistance programs, each of which annually spent over $20 million in fiscal year 1985, and applied a…

In order to determine the impact of the Veterans Administration (VA) on occupational education, this report examines the VA training programs and the changes that have occurred in them over the years in the larger context of changes in American education. Presented first are brief descriptions of and detailed 1967-1980 enrollment figures for the…