{"id":632,"date":"2018-07-06T21:06:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/?p=632"},"modified":"2018-07-06T21:06:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:06:20","slug":"important-changes-to-the-survivors-and-dependents-educational-assistance-dea-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/2018\/07\/06\/important-changes-to-the-survivors-and-dependents-educational-assistance-dea-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Important changes to the Survivors\u2019 and Dependents\u2019 Educational Assistance (DEA) program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Effective August 1, 2018,\u00a0the entitlement available under the Survivors\u2019 and Dependents\u2019 Educational Assistance (DEA) program will be reduced from 45 months to 36 months, but in October, the monthly allowance for eligible recipients will increase.<\/p>\n<p>These changes, part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.va.gov\/VAntage\/41491\/forever-gi-bill-round-table-taps-got-6-sva\/\">Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017<\/a>, aka \u201cForever GI Bill,\u201dwere passed by Congress last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The DEA program offers education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of Veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition, or of Veterans who died while on active duty or from a service-related condition.<\/p>\n<p>DEA benefits may be used for degree and certificate programs, apprenticeships and on-the-job training.\u00a0 Surviving spouses-can use benefits for correspondence courses and remedial, deficiency and some approved refresher courses.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you\u2019re already taking classes, or will start taking classes by July 31, 2018, you remain eligible for up to 45 months of education entitlement benefits<\/li>\n<li>Beginning Oct.1, 2018, all students will see a significant increase in the monthly benefit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eligible DEA recipients will be entitled to a monthly allowance of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$1,224 for full-time coursework, compared to $1,041 currently as of Oct. 1, 2017<\/li>\n<li>$967 for three-quarter time coursework, compared to $780 currently as of Oct. 1, 2017<\/li>\n<li>$710 for half-time coursework, compared to $519 currently as of Oct. 1, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These increases go into effect Oct. 1, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about DEA benefits, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefits.va.gov\/gibill\/dea.asp\">DEA page<\/a> on our website.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Call if you have questions!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If you have further questions about your entitlement or eligibility, please call 1\u2013888-GI-BILL-1 (1\u2013888\u2013442\u20134551). If you use the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD), the federal number is 711. You can also visit the Forever GI Bill website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefits.va.gov\/GIBILL\/FGIBSummaries.asp\">FGIB website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective August 1, 2018,\u00a0the entitlement available under the Survivors\u2019 and Dependents\u2019 Educational Assistance (DEA) program will be reduced from 45 months to 36 months, but in October, the monthly allowance for eligible recipients will increase. These changes, part of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017, aka \u201cForever GI Bill,\u201dwere passed by&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/2018\/07\/06\/important-changes-to-the-survivors-and-dependents-educational-assistance-dea-program\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}