VA Work-Study Allowance Program

The VA work-study allowance is available to students training under the following programs: 

 

• Post-9/11 GI Bill® (chapter 33)
• Montgomery GI Bill® (chapter 30)
• Montgomery GI Bill®- Selected reserve (1606)
• Reserve Educational Assistance Program (chapter 1607)
• Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Educational Assistance Program (chapter 32)
• Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance Program (chapter 35)
• Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (chapter 31) 

 

VA will select students for the work-study program based on: 

• Ability of the student to complete the work-study contract before the end of their eligibility to education benefits.
• Availability of VA-related work

You’ll earn an hourly wage equal to the Federal minimum wage or your State minimum wage, whichever is greater. If you’re in a work-study job at a college or university, your school may pay you the difference between the amount VA pays and the amount the school normally pays other work-study students doing the same job as you.

 

You may elect to be paid in advance for 40% of the number of hours in your work-study agreement, or for 50 hours, whichever is less. After you’ve completed the hours covered by your first payment, VA will pay you each time you complete 50 hours of service OR bi-weekly, whichever comes first.

 

You may work during or between periods of enrollment. You can arrange with VA to work any number of hours you want during your enrollment. But, the total number of hours you work can’t be more than 25 times the number of weeks in your enrollment period.

1. Complete the VA work-study application form Click here.
2. Complete the Cuyamaca College-Veterans Services Work-Study application Click here.
3. Submit both applications and a resume to Debbie Ayers in the Veterans Cente