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Your Guide to Survivors Benefits (Department of Defense) [PDF]
(Separate Website)
This guide answers many questions about the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP), the Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan (RCSBP) and the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan (RSFPP), other annuity programs and VSI payments to beneficiaries. The document is in PDF format only. (July 2001)
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Employment Resources
(Separate Website)
Information about employment services for veterans
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
ESGR Ombudsman Services
(Separate Website)
The ESGR Ombudsmen Services Program was established to address potential problems arising among the nation's employers who may question the need to have some of their employees serve in the National Guard and Reserve in a purely voluntary military system. The program provides information, counseling, and informal mediation of issues relating to compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
By: Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
e-VETS Resource Advisor
(Separate Website)
The e-VETS Resource Advisor assists veterans preparing to enter the job market. It includes information on a broad range of topics, such as job search tools and tips, employment openings, career assessment, education and training, and benefits and special services available to veterans.
By: United States Department of Labor
The Board of Veterans Appeals
(Separate Website)
The Board of Veterans' Appeals (also known as "BVA" or "the Board") is a part of the VA, located in Washington, D.C. Members of the Board review benefit claims determinations made by local VA offices and issue decision on appeals. This is a gateway to information abuot the Board of Veterans' Appeals and the appeals process.
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
TurboTAP.org - The official Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Website
(Separate Website)
Website of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), a nationally coordinated effort of the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist military men and women in the transition to civilian life through employment and job training assistance, and the Disabled Transition Assistance Program (DTAP), which helps servicemembers separated for medical reasons.
By: United States Department of Defense
VA Programs for Homeless Veterans
(Separate Website)
Information about programs offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to help veterans who may be homeless or at risk of losing their home.
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans ON-line APPlication Website (VONAPP)
(Separate Website)
The VONAPP (Veterans On Line Applications) website is an official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website which allows veterans to apply for certain benefits through the Internet.
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Frequently Asked Questions about the VA Home Loan Program
(Separate Website)
Information about the VA Home Loan Program
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Home Loan Guaranty Services for Veterans and the Military
(Separate Website)
This website contains information about: (1) the VA Home Loan program, (2) the Loan Guaranty Services, (3) Specially Adapted Housing for Disabled Veterans, (4) VA - Approved Lenders, (5) Refinancing Opportunities, and much more.
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
HUD Veteran Resource Center
(Separate Website)
HUD's Veteran Resource Center (HUDVET) was created, in consultation with national veteran service organizations, to provide veterans and their family members with information on HUD's community-based programs and services. This web site contains information about HUDVET and HUD's housing programs.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
(Separate Website)
Information on the Act for service men and women
which is a complete revision of the Soldiers? and Sailors? Civil Relief Act (SSCRA) which provided a number of significant protections to servicemembers.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Specially Adapted Housing Program
(Separate Website)
Information about Specially Adapted Housing Program, including who is eligible and how to apply.
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Programs for Homeless Veterans
(Separate Website)
Information about programs offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to help veterans who may be homeless or at risk of losing their home.
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Online Applications, Benefit Screening, Resources and Forms
GovBenefits.gov
(Separate Website)
GovBenefits.gov is a free, online confidential tool that helps you find government benefits you may be eligible to receive.
By: GovBenefits.gov, a partnership of many Federal agencies and organizations
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
YOUR APPEAL To The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
(Separate Website)
The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program provides: free attorneys to veterans and their qualifying family members who have an appeal pending at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court). If an appellant has filed an appeal with the Court and has been unable to obtain his or her own attorney after 30 days, he or she can request assistance from The Veterans Consortium.
By: Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program
Information from Bar Associations and Other Legal Organizations
Help For Veterans & Their Families (Video)
(Separate Website)
Information presented on the November 11, 2008 edition of Legal Briefs on KDKA-TV's Pittsburgh Today Live Show. (3:39)
By: Allegheny County Bar Association
Child Support and Alimony Fact Sheet
(Separate Website)
Federal law authorizes the pay of active, reserve, and retired members of the military and the pay of civilian employees of the Federal government to be garnished (or attached) for the payment of child and/or spousal support. Go to this web page to find information about the process and location for getting a garnishment or wage attachment against any member of the military or any civilian employee of the Department of Defense (DOD).
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Child Support and Alimony - Questions and Answers
(Separate Website)
Questions and answers about the collection of child support and alimony from military personnel.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Services
A Caseworker's Guide to Child Support Enforcement and Military Personnel
(Separate Website)
The purpose of this guide is to assist child support enforcement caseworkers when one of the parents in a case is an active duty member of the Armed Services.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Uniformed Services Former Spouse?s Protection Act
(Separate Website)
Information on the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act which recognizes the right of state courts to distribute military retired pay to a spouse or former spouse and provides a method of enforcing these orders through the Department of Defense. The Act also provides a method of enforcing current child support and/or arrears and current alimony awarded in the court order.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act Q&A
(Separate Website)
This document answers common questions about the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act which covers enforcement of child support, alimony, and other obligations that members of the Armed Services have toward their spouses and children.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Retired and Annuitant Pay Information
(Separate Website)
Information about retirement and annuitant pay.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Survivors Benefits - Compensation
(Separate Website)
Information about the wide range of benefits and services for the surviving spouse, dependent children and dependent parents of deceased veterans and military servicemembers.
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Survivor Benefits
(Separate Website)
Information about Survivor Benefits avaialable to surviving spouses and dependents of military personnel who died while in active military service and to the survivors of veterans who died after active service.
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Compensation and Benefit Fact Sheets
(Separate Website)
Fact Sheets on numerous issues which are of interest to veterans, servicepersons (including Reserve and National Guard members), and their dependents and survivors. Many are offered in English and Spanish. Documents are in Microsoft Word 6.0 format. A link to a location offering a free Microsoft Word viewer appears on the page.
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents
(Separate Website)
The current edition of this booklet lists the variety of federal benefits available to veterans and their dependents.
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
Your Guide to Survivors Benefits (Department of Defense) [PDF]
(Separate Website)
This guide answers many questions about the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP), the Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan (RCSBP) and the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan (RSFPP), other annuity programs and VSI payments to beneficiaries. The document is in PDF format only. (July 2001)
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Employment Resources
(Separate Website)
Information about employment services for veterans
By: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
ESGR Ombudsman Services
(Separate Website)
The ESGR Ombudsmen Services Program was established to address potential problems arising among the nation's employers who may question the need to have some of their employees serve in the National Guard and Reserve in a purely voluntary military system. The program provides information, counseling, and informal mediation of issues relating to compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
By: Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
(Separate Website)
