Idaho State Veterans Home

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We are dedicated to serving Idaho's veterans and their families by providing superior advocacy, excellent assistance with benefits and education, high quality long-term care, and respectful interment services in a dignified final resting place.

HAVE YOU HEARD? VA starts accepting applications for the Post 9/11 GI Bill today, May 1, 2009. We will issue Certificates of Eligibility for eligible applicants, and begin making payments August 1, 2009, the first day benefits can be paid under this law. Veterans, service members, reservists, and National Guard members with active duty service since September 11, 2001, may be eligible for this benefit. Individuals may apply on-line through the GI Bill website at www.GIBILL.VA.gov. The Post 9/11 GI Bill marks the most expansive increase in veterans education benefits since World War II. Not only does it provide eligible individuals with college tuition assistance, but for many participants it also provides a housing allowance, a stipend for books and supplies, and the option of sharing these benefits with family members. Information about the new program and VAs other educational benefits can be obtained through the website www.gibill.va.gov or by calling 1-888-GIBILL-1 (1-888-442-4551). Local contact information: Phil Wickliff, Veterans Education Coordinator, Idaho Professional Technical Education, 650 West State Street Boise, ID 83720, phone 208-429-5539.