Supporting our County Veteran Service Officers
VEP has been a long-time advocate for Student Veterans, ensuring that they are guaranteed all that has been promised to them. However, our work hits a bottleneck if Veterans are…
Update on California State Legislation Restricting Veterans’ Use of Benefits
We had previously written about how California was considering passing legislation that could seriously restrict how Veterans could use their benefits. We traveled to California to meet face to face…
Protecting a Veteran’s Right to Transfer Benefits to Their Family
Since 2009 the heroes that serve our country have been able to transfer the G.I. Bill benefits to their dependents or spouse. Over the past 10 years since this policy…
Veterans Should Be Able to Choose How They Use Their Benefits
We had the honor of meeting Mike and his daughter Gabby. Mike is a Navy Veteran and earned his G.I. Bill benefits over 24 years and transferred his benefits to…
Politicians are Stopping Veterans from Using Their Benefits
The "85/15 Rule" is a regulation from the Department of Veterans Affairs that restricts the amount of Veterans who can use their benefits at a school to only 85% of…
Do Not Restrict How Veterans Use the Benefits They’ve Earned
In a commissioned legal analysis of proposed legislation from California's state legislators, AB 1340 through AB 1346. The analysis found that these pieces of legislation were likely unconstitutional. Furthermore, we stand…
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Two New Bills Affecting Veterans Signed into Law
President Donald Trump recently signed two new bills into law that affect Veterans, the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act and the Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act. Military Times…