VetsFirst » State Veterans Issues http://www.vetsfirst.org Vetsfirst Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:12:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Guide To State Veterans Benefits http://www.vetsfirst.org/guide-to-state-veterans-benefits/ http://www.vetsfirst.org/guide-to-state-veterans-benefits/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:45:32 +0000 admin http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/vetsfirst/guide-to-state-veterans-benefits/ Did you know that every state in the U.S. provides its own benefits to veterans of all generations, including those who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan?

These benefits are available in addition to benefits provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Each state also has its own version of the federal VA, These state departments of veterans affairs are designed to assist veterans who reside in their respective states and to administer state veterans benefits programs.

Here is an interactive state-by-state guide to veterans’ benefits, as well as information on how to contact your state’s veterans’ affairs agency.

Click Here To View The Guide To State Veterans Benefits

 

]]> http://www.vetsfirst.org/guide-to-state-veterans-benefits/feed/ 0 Committee reduces tuition breaks for vets http://www.vetsfirst.org/committee-reduces-tuition-breaks-for-vets/ http://www.vetsfirst.org/committee-reduces-tuition-breaks-for-vets/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:59:47 +0000 admin http://www.unitedspinal.org/publications/vetsfirst/committee-reduces-tuition-breaks-for-vets/ Type of Alert: Heads up Wisconsin Veterans

The state’s budget-writing committee helped Wisconsin’s university and technical college systems by covering part of the cost of giving veterans free tuition, but also hurt some veterans by limiting the benefit in various ways.

The limitations approved by the Joint Finance Committee last week:…

Read the entire story at The Capital Times

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