{"id":66627,"date":"2022-02-01T19:22:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T19:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/01\/vets-must-now-verify-school-enrollment-monthly-or-lose-housing-stipends\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:24:05","slug":"vets-must-now-verify-school-enrollment-monthly-or-lose-housing-stipends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/education-transition\/2022\/02\/01\/vets-must-now-verify-school-enrollment-monthly-or-lose-housing-stipends\/","title":{"rendered":"Vets must now verify school enrollment monthly or lose housing stipends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting this month, all students receiving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2022\/01\/12\/gi-bill-eligibility-for-guard-reserve-would-expand-under-house-passed-measure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Post-9\/11 GI Bill <\/a>benefits must verify their school enrollment each month or risk forfeiting their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2021\/12\/21\/gi-bill-housing-stipend-protections-enacted-for-vets-whose-classes-were-upended-by-the-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\">housing allowance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The change has been planned for months and was already required for some students since last fall. But the new mandate also has the potential to be a costly mistake for some individuals if they overlook the new monthly messages from the Department of Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you fail to verify enrollment for two consecutive months, your [housing] payments will be placed on hold,\u201d department officials warned in a message explaining the verification requirement. \u201cBy regularly verifying your enrollment, you protect your GI Bill entitlement by preventing charges for classes or training you did not attend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2021\/12\/21\/gi-bill-housing-stipend-protections-enacted-for-vets-whose-classes-were-upended-by-the-pandemic\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gi-bill-file-stock.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">GI Bill housing stipend protections enacted for vets whose classes were upended by the pandemic<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The special authorities to protect student veterans were set to expire Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As many colleges begin their spring semesters this month, some students could be seeing the verification messages for the first time \u2014 or potentially ignoring them as unwanted spam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA plans to send the messages out on the last day of each month, and give students several days to respond before deactivating the links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department officials have been encouraging students to sign up for text message verification or email alerts for months, in the hopes that no one would be caught off guard by the new requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late last month, as part of that campaign, VA officials also released a new video on how to sign up for text message alerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The housing stipend linked to Post-9\/11 GI Bill benefits is designed to help students avoid the need for an after-school job to pay for rent and groceries cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since payouts are based on the location of the student and the school, the stipend can range from a few hundred dollars to more than $2,000 a month in the most costly cities. Losing that money could have serious financial consequences for students and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 360,000 students are attending classes on the Post-9\/11 GI Bill this year. 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