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Manage Your Money: Achieve Your Goals
Manage Your Money: Achieve Your Goals
You can take control of your financial future! Access tools to save, budget, and manage spending, plus VA benefits for buying homes, cars, or furthering education. Learn about VA-backed loans, GI Bill benefits, and personalized career planning. Explore your options today.
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Find strategies to stay focused on your financial goals by resisting impulse spending with this tool from the FDIC.
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Play a game to help you understand your values and how they influence your financial decisions.
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Attend a Wellness Wednesday Seminar from VA and Prudential to get the information you'll need for retirement.
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VetCents from the Veterans Benefits Banking Program and VA is your starting point for a brighter and healthier financial future. Gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence you need to take control of your financial life with a financial health assessment, tools, and resources.
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Learn more about Problem Gambling and steps you can take to cut down on the behavior.
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The National Problem Gambling Helpline offers call, text, and chat services 24/7. Call 1-800-425-2537 now for access to a range of resources, including answers to questions and information about treatment.
Pay for Education
Learn how to tap into VA education and training benefits for yourself and your family and find other ways to make college more affordable.
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VA education benefits help Veterans, service members, and their qualified family members with needs like paying college tuition, finding the right school or training program, and getting career counseling. Learn how to apply for and manage the education and training benefits you’ve earned.
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Personalized Career Planning and Guidance, or VA Chapter 36, offers free educational and career guidance, planning, and resources to Veterans and their dependents who are eligible for a VA education benefit. Find out more and learn how to apply.
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Going to school after serving in the military provides new opportunities. But sometimes, it can also bring challenges. Explore the VA College Toolkit to find resources for student Veterans.
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GI Bill benefits help you pay for school and cover expenses while you’re training for a job. Since 1944, the GI Bill has helped qualifying Veterans and their family members get money to cover all or some of the costs for school or training. Learn more about GI Bill benefits and how to apply for them.
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Find GI Bill approved schools and compare benefits with the GI Bill Comparison Tool. You can use your GI Bill benefits at some, but not all, schools. Use these resources to search for GI Bill approved schools, compare the benefits you’ll receive at different schools, and get more advice to help you choose a school.
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Learn about a range of other VA education benefits that may help you get added GI Bill benefits including alternative programs if you’re a Veteran or a member of the National Guard or Reserve and you’re not eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
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You may be able to continue your education by using part of your military pay to help cover the cost of school. Find out if you can get benefits through the Veterans’ Educational Assistance Program a $2-to-$1 government-match program for educational assistance.
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If you’re the child or spouse of a Veteran or service member who has died, is captured or missing, or is permanently and totally disabled due to a service-connected disability, you may be eligible for the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance program. Find out if the program, also called Chapter 35, may be able to help you pay for school or cover expenses while you’re training for a job.
Buy a Home
Make sure buying a home is the right decision for you and take advantage of all your VA benefits to make buying a home more affordable.
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VA direct and VA-backed Veterans home loans can help Veterans, service members, and their survivors to buy, build, improve, or refinance a home. Learn about different loan programs including how to apply online or by contacting a VA loan technician at 877-827-3702. This video provides a full explainer on VA Home Loans or jump directly to a quick 3-minute explainer of what exactly a VA Home Loan is.
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Find out how VA can help to avoid foreclosure by contacting a VA loan technician at 877-827-3702.
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Find out if you’re eligible for VA’s Home Improvements and Structural Alterations benefit, which provides medically necessary improvements.
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Learn about refinancing with the VA home loan program to pay for home renovations in this episode of the SITREP.
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The nationwide network of HUD-participating housing counseling agencies help consumers across America make informed housing decisions. Call 800-569-4287 or 202-708-1455 (TTY) to get connected to a counselor or search online to find a HUD-participating housing counseling agency near you. Find out if housing counseling is right for you by playing this video.
Buy a Car
Buying a car can be a significant financial decisions; use these resources to make the best decision and get the best deal.
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Buying a car is a big decision involving many smaller decisions. Gain confidence at each stage of the process by doing your research, understanding what you want and getting your finances in order while engaging with this entertaining video series from the DOD FINRED.
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Before you ever start to buy a car, follow these five steps to understand vehicle financing from DOD FINRED.
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Before you head to the dealership, take the time to figure out the numbers you need to know using these auto calculators from DOD FINRED.
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Consumer.gov answers your questions about buying a used car.
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If you have a disability related to your service that prevents you from driving, you may be able to get money to help you buy or change a vehicle so you can drive. Visit va.gov to find out if you may be eligible and how the program works.
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Learn how to take advantage of tax credits to purchase a clean energy vehicle that may help you save on fuel costs.
These most-recommended financial resources for Veterans are a great place to start if you are not sure which of the five steps is most important to you today.
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