Are You Eligible for Any Government Benefits?
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Enter information into this website and it will give you a report on benefits you may be eligible to receive.
By: GovBenefits, A Partnership of Federal Agencies and Organizations
Arrested? What happens to your benefits if you go to jail or prison?
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Here are the rules for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), disability insurance (SSDI), Medicaid, Medicare and veterans benefits for adults with mental or physical disabilities.
By: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Can I get Social Security benefits?
(Separate Website)
This website will tell you if you can get benefits from Medicare, Social Security Disability, Social Security Retirement, Social Security Survivors, Special Veterans, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
By: U.S. Social Security Administration
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Disability Benefits for HIV Positive Veterans
This article provides a brief overview of several of the benefits that veterans with HIV/AIDS may qualify for.
By: Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Education Benefits for Veterans and the Military
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The Education Service administers a large number of education benefit programs, including: (1) Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty (2) Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve, (3) Veterans Educational Assistance Program, (4) Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program and (5) a Work Study Program. This web site contains information about each of these programs, forms, and much more.
By: Department of Veterans' Affairs
Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents
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The 2002 edition of this booklet lists the variety of federal benefits available to veterans and their dependents. The document may be downloaded in PDF format only.
By: Veterans' Administration
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Guide to Survivor Benefits for Families of Men and Women in the Armed Services
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This guide answers many questions about the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP), the Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan (RCSBP) and the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan (RSFPP), other annuity programs and VSI payments to beneficiaries. The document may be downloaded in PDF format only. If an annuitant has specific questions concerning the annuity, please call toll free 1-800-435-3396. Overseas customers may call commercial (303) 676-6552.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Health Benefits and Services for Veterans
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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides a broad spectrum of medical, surgical, and rehabilitative care to its customers. Our goal is to share information about these benefits and services to make it as easy as possible for you to receive the care you need. This website is a gateway to the health care services for veterans.
By: Department of Veterans' Affairs
Health care for active duty and retired members of the uniformed services
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This Web site explains the rules for TRICARE. This is health care for active duty and retired members of the uniformed services (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), their families, and survivors.
By: U.S. Department of Defense
Help for veterans with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and their families
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Here are the answers to some questions about PTSD and disability from service that are frequently asked by veterans and their families.
By: National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress
Home Loan Guaranty Services for Veterans and the Military
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This website contains information about: (1) the VA Home Loan program, (2) the Loan Guaranty Services, (3) Specially Adapted Housing for Disabled Veterans, (4) VA - Approved Lenders, (5) Refinancing Opportunities, and much more.
By: Department of Veterans' Affairs
HUD Veteran Resource Center (HUDVET)
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Veterans and their families have been at the heart of many of the programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) -- even before HUD became a Federal Department. HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD), in consultation with national veteran service organizations, has established a Veteran Resource Center (HUDVET). CPD's goal is to provide veterans and their family members with information on HUD's community-based programs and services. This web site contains more information about HUDVET and HUD's housing programs.
By: Department of Housing and Urban Development
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New Mexico Fair Housing Center Website
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The New Mexico Fair Housing Center (NMFHC) is dedicated to eliminating housing discrimination in New Mexico. NMFHC works to ensure equal housing opportunities for all New Mexicans through education and outreach, advocacy, and enforcement. NMFHC envisions a state where housing opportunities are the norm and not the exception; where there are no barriers or impediments to housing choices and where segregation is a practice of the past.
By: New Mexico Fair Housing Center
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Spina Bifida health care benefits from the VA
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Information on health care benefits for Vietnam veterans' children diagnosed with spina bifida.
By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Transition Assistance in the VA Military Services Program
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About 215,000 to 225,000 people are discharged from the military each year. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a long history of special efforts to bring information on VA benefits and services to active duty military personnel.
These efforts include counseling about VA benefits through the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), a nationally coordinated federal effort to assist military men and women to ease the transition to civilian life through employment and job training assistance. A second component of the program, the Disabled Transition Assistance Program (DTAP), helps servicemembers separated for medical reasons. This document contains more information about transition assistance programs.
By: Veterans' Administration
Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act
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The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (the Act), 10 U.S.C. 1408, recognizes the right of state courts to distribute military retired pay to a spouse or former spouse (hereafter, the former spouse) and provides a method of enforcing these orders through the Department of Defense. The Act itself does not provide for an automatic entitlement to a portion of the member's retired pay to a former spouse. A former spouse must have been awarded a portion of a member's military retired pay as property in their final decree of divorce, dissolution, annulment, or legal separation (the court order). The Act also provides a method of enforcing current child support and/or arrears and current alimony awarded in the court order.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
VA Programs for Homeless Veterans
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One-third of the adult homeless male population and nearly one-quarter (23%) of all homeless adults have served their country in the armed services. While there is no true measure of the number of homeless veterans, it has been estimated that more than 250,000 veterans may be homeless on any given night and that twice as many veterans experience homelessness over the course of a year. Many other veterans are considered at risk because of poverty, lack of support from family and friends and precarious living conditions in overcrowded or substandard housing. Almost all (97 percent) homeless veterans are male and the vast majority is single. About 45 percent of homeless veterans suffer from mental illness and, with considerable overlap, slightly more than 70 percent suffer from alcohol or drug abuse problems. This document tells you more about the kinds of programs available to help veterans with these problems.
By: Veterans' Administration
VA Programs for Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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PTSD is an anxiety disorder resulting from exposure to an extreme traumatic stress involving direct or indirect threat of death, serious injury or a physical threat. The trauma may be experienced alone (rape or assault) or in the company of others (military combat). The events that can cause PTSD are called "stressors." They include natural disasters (floods, earthquakes), accidental man-made disasters (car accidents, airplane crashes, large fires) or deliberate man-made disasters (bombing, torture, death camps). Symptoms include recurrent thoughts of a traumatic event, reduced involvement in work or outside interests, hyper alertness, anxiety and irritability. The disorder apparently is more severe and longer lasting when the stress is of human design.
By: Veterans' Administration
Veterans' Burial and Memorial Benefits
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The Department of Veterans' Affairs National Cemetary Administration's web site is designed to assist you with information on the VA's national cemetaries and other memorial benefits. The NCA honors veterans with a final resting place and lasting memorials that commemorate their service to our country.
By: Department of Veterans' Affairs
Veterans health benefits
(Separate Website)
Find out about enrollment and coverage.
By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans' Health Care and Medical Benefits Package
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One of the most visible of all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits is health care. In October 1996, Congress passed Public Law 104-262, the Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996. This legislation paved the way for creation of a Medical Benefits Package -- a standardized, enhanced health benefits plan available to all enrolled veterans. The law also simplified the process for veterans to receive services.
Like other standard health care plans, the Medical Benefits Package emphasizes preventive and primary care, offering a full range of outpatient and inpatient services. This document contains more information about the kinds of services covered.
By: Veterans' Administration
Veterans health coverage
(Separate Website)
Find the types of coverage available to you.
By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans' Legal Benefits
(Separate Website)
National Veterans Legal Services Program tracks legal cases about veterans.
By: National Veterans Legal Services Program
Veterans transitional pharmacy benefit
(Separate Website)
The transitional pharmacy benefit will allow VA to fill prescriptions that are written by your private non-VA doctors until you have you first VA appointment.
By: Department of Veterans Affairs
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Services for Veterans
(Separate Website)
Serving Disabled Veterans is Our Number One Mission. Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) is the VA program that assists veterans with service-connected disabilities to achieve employment or enhance their ability to function independently at home and in the community. This web site provides more information about VR&E programs.
By: Department of Veterans' Affairs
What to do when TRICARE says no
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If you have a dispute with a decision about your benefits made by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) or by a TRICARE contractor, you have the right to to ask for another opinion on the decision.
By: U.S. Department of Defense
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