The federal Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (DEA) offers up to 45 months of educational benefits to children of veterans who became permanently, totally disabled due to service-connected injuries. Also eligible are children of service members currently hospitalized or receiving outpatient services and who are likely to be discharged with a permanent and total service-related disability. Children of these veterans must be between the ages of 18 to 26, and extensions are not permitted beyond the age of 31. Eligible children of disabled veterans must fill out Veterans Administration Form 22-5490, the application for Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
888-442-4551
gibill.va.gov
Dependent children of a 100-percent disabled United States veteran may qualify for waivers of tuition and fees at any state community college, campus of California State University, or the University of California. Students must provide a copy of a birth certificate to offer proof of eligibility pertaining to their relationship with the disabled veteran. For such students, there is no personal income limit for eligibility.
California Department of Veterans Affairs
Division of Veterans Services
1227 O Street
Suite 105
Sacramento, CA 95814
916- 503-8397
cdva.ca.gov
Children whose parent(s) died or became completely disabled as a direct result of service in the U.S. armed forces may apply for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship. Eligible students must attend a state post-secondary school taking at least six credits each semester. The award is used for tuition or mandatory fees at such institutions, but cannot exceed the amount of undergraduate tuition and fees of the College Park campus of the University of Maryland.
Maryland Higher Education Commission
State Scholarship Administration
16 Francis Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-974-5370
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