$3,000 emergency advanced payment information and guidance

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LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. --  In late 2009, the Department of Veterans Affairs authorized emergency advanced payments of $3,000 to veterans who had not received education benefits during the Fall 2009 semester. In addition to providing payments to veterans, some payments were made to Airmen on active duty and possibly some dependents receiving transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits.

Airmen and their dependants are ineligible for the emergency payments and must not apply for the payments.

Airmen who received payments over the last few months should not cash checks or deposit them in bank accounts. Nor should they return the checks to the DVA at this time.
The DVA will soon send letters to these Airmen and provide an address for returning the un-cashed checks.

Letters will also be sent to those Airmen who already cashed or deposited the checks. These letters will provide contact information for the DVA's debt management center so Airmen can make repayment arrangements..

Airmen having questions reqarding emergency payments should go to the DVA website www.va.gov or the call center at 1-888-442-4551. Advance pay information is available at www.gibill.va.gov/advpayqa.htm.

(Courtesy of the Air Force Personnel Center)