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Veterans Benefit Information

Welcome  to the Veterans Benefit Resource page.

The Office of Veterans’ Affairs is available to assist all eligible veterans and dependents in applying for educational benefits. A student who plans to use veteran educational benefits should contact the NEMCC VA Office.  

Chassie M. Kelly

Records Office – Estes Hall

101 Cunningham Blvd. Booneville, MS 38829

(662) 720-7262 – 1-800-555-2154 (Ext.7262) – cmkelly@nemcc.edu

VA Contact Info: 1-888-GI-BILL-1 or www.gibill.va.gov   

The following information must be provided to Northeast Mississippi Community College before certification for benefits by the VA Office:

• Apply for Admissions to NEMCC.
• Provide official transcripts for all colleges attended.
• Select a major.
• Contact the VA Office to discuss classes. (Veterans will only be certified for classes that are required for designated NEMCC degree.)
• Submit DD214 (Active Duty) or a NOBE (National Guard or Reserve) to the NEMCC VA Office.
• Complete the appropriate application for benefits, (new students who have never received VA Educational Benefits before).  Three options to apply are listed below:
• Apply online at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Website (VONAPP) to submit the application electronically. Then print a copy for the NEMCC VA Office.
• Download and complete the paper application at the Department of Veterans Affairs Website (VONAPP). Then submit the form to the NEMCC VA Office.
• Call or come by the VA office at NEMCC and complete the form or have one mailed to you.

Click on the following link to begin the electronic or paper application process: http://www.vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp

A student receiving VA Education Benefits may be required to pay back benefits received if he/she withdraws or drops a class. It is the student's responsibility to notify the NEMCC VA Office if the following occurs:

• Student registers for classes.
• Student enrollment level increases or decreases.
• Student changes degree plan.

Important Links

• Online Military Personnel Records Request System
• http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/index.html
• Reserve Tuition Assistance
• https://rcms.ocar.army.pentagon.mil/Education/Unsecured/Login.aspx? ReturnUrl=%2feducation%2f
• GI Bill Website
• http://gibill.va.gov/

• GI BILL Fee Structure
• http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/rates.htm

• Applying Online
• http://www.vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp

• Educational Forms
• http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/education_forms.htm
• Contacting the VA
• http://www.gibill.va.gov/contact/contact.htm

• National Guard Virtual Armory
• http://www.virtualarmory.com/

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD STATE ASSISTANCE

• SEAP - State Tuition Assistance Program:  http://www.ngms.state.ms.us/edu/
• FTA - Federal Tuition Assistance: http://www.ngms.state.ms.us/edu/Pages/FTA.aspx
• Service member's AKO username and password is required.  The deadline for submission is the start date of classes.  Once the application has been sent to the Education Service Office, it will be processed for payment.  When the application is received and approved, an email notification will be sent to the service members’s AKO account.
  
  Education Service Office
  PO Box 5027
  Jackson, MS  39396-5027
  Phone:  1-866-403-1289
  Fax:  601-313-6151
  www.ngms.state.ms.us/edu