INDIANAPOLIS — Thousands of Indiana college students in the midst of the 2019-20 academic year are benefiting from the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs’ College Tuition Exemption Program. The program offers up to a 100 percent tuition exemption for qualifying students attending Indiana state-supported schools. The veteran parent of each student must meet three qualifications, …read more.

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.-03) and Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03), both members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Student Veteran Protection Act on Friday, Oct. 11. The bill would change how GI Bill overpayments are reimbursed by making schools, not student veterans, responsible for reimbursing the Department of Veterans Affairs …read more.

KOSCIUSKO —  More than half of America’s veterans report having little or no understanding of the benefits available to them despite efforts made in recent years by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to increase awareness. Kosciusko County Veteran Affairs Officer Rich Maron wants to educate area veterans about benefits they may qualify for. …read more.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is updating the way it determines eligibility for VA health care, a change that will result in more veterans having access to the health care benefits they’ve earned and deserve. Effective 2015, VA eliminated the use of net worth as a determining factor for both health care programs and copayment …read more.

Michael Stinfer traveled with other veterans to Washington D.C. (Photo provided). Former Marine and Indiana House District 22 candidate Michael Stinfer was recently selected to serve as an inaugural Veterans of Foreign Wars-Student Veterans of America Legislative Fellow (Related: Local Veteran Earns Fellowship) . As part of the his selection, Stinfer traveled to Washington D.C. …read more.