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- Montgomery GI Bill- Active Duty

- Montgomery GI Bill- Selected Reserve

- Veterans' Educational Assistance Program 

- Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program

The American Bar Association offers information to those mobilized to active duty in the Reserves and National Guard. The web site informs legal professional and lay persons alike, about steps to take to prepare and protect Reserve and Guard members' families, property and jobs during their active duty.

All students who are receiving either the Montgomery GI Bill Active duty or Selected Reserve MUST now verify their enrollments monthly to receive payments. This verification can be done either by using the - Web Automated Verification of Enrollment (WAVE) application on this web site or by using an automated telephone system (IVR) at 1-877-823-2378 and follow the prompts.

Below are some useful Department of Veteran Affairs sites and telephone numbers:

Toll Free Numbers for Contacting VA

VA Benefits: 1-800-827-1000

• Burial
• Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA)
• Death Pension
• Dependency Indemnity Compensation
• Direct Deposit
• Directions to VA Benefits Regional Offices
• Disability Compensation
• Disability Pension
• Education
• Home Loan Guaranty
• Life Insurance
• Medical Care
• Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment

Beneficiaries in receipt of Pension Benefits: 1-877-294-6380

Education (GI Bill): 1-888-442-4551

Health Care Benefits: 1-877-222-8387

Income Verification and Means Testing: 1-800-929-8387

Life Insurance: 1-800-669-8477

Mammography Helpline: 1-888-492-7844

Special Issues - Gulf War/Agent Orange/Project Shad/Mustard Agents and Lewisite/Ionizing Radiation: 1-800-749-8387

Status of Headstones and Markers: 1-800-697-6947

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD): 1-800-829-4833

For health care services, contact your nearest VA medical facility. To locate all VA facilities, click on Find a VA Facility.

Visit the homepage Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefit Administration to get more information or call toll free 1-888-GIBILL-1.

Veterans Affairs Advisor
Enrollment Services
1st Floor, 70 Sip Ave
(201) 360-4135
Veteran’s Affairs: veterans@hccc.edu

Admissions: admissions@hccc.edu
Transcripts: transcriptsrequest@hccc.edu
Transfer Credits: transferevaluations@hccc.edu
International Students: internationalstudents@hccc.edu