Looking to complete my Bachelors Degree - What resources are out there for Veterans and Federal Employees?

I would check with the Veterans Administration. And, PV2 (Join to see). (Their toll-free phone number is: [login to see] .)
If you are 100% service-connected disabled; then everything at the VA Hospital-at least-is available. Look into what is available for disabled veterans. There must be an office for that at the VA Hospital.
Also, you can always Google what you are looking for.

I recently completed my BSIT at Kaplan University. I thought the process was made very easy for me administratively by their veteran's staff, my service covered 45 of the 180 required credits and the post-911 GI bill meant that the education cost me nothing and I was paid a monthely cost of living allowance with a stipend every quarter. Overall, I was pleased with the experience.

Its great that you are finishing college. I am finishing mine as well. You still have some options on the table for higher education. If you are using the VA then I assume you have gone online and registered in ebenefits.va.gov. If you haven't start there. On that website you will find a drop box for education benefits. VA offeres education continuation benefits under chapter 31 and 33. If you qualify under these benefits they will pay for your school up to a bachalors and pay you a stiphen for living expenses. This does not depend on wheter you have a job of not. So check out those benefits and see if they can help.

Good luck to you! Great to see people out there getting their education on!

The VA is one avenue, but I'd also encourage you to do a search for scholarships at universities. People set them up for reasons known only to them, like any red headed girl from Xberg. Who knows - but there are hundreds of millions in scholarships. I'd also encourage you to check in with so many of the other groups -- Wounded Warriors, Gary Sinese Foundation and so on. The people who create scholarships want the best candidates who will do the most good with their education -- giving back in some form or fashion. You can also look within the USDA website itself if you haven't:
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=BENEFITS
and that will tell you about The USDA Graduate School offers career-related and continuing education courses to professionals and federal, state, and local employees throughout the country." It will send you there and you can research grant options there. Note: They are a for profit institution, so they should have the grant thing worked out since they affiliate with USDA>
http://www.graduateschool.edu/
Hope this can help

PV2 (Join to see) There is a program for Federal Employees so that once you have completed 10 years of Federal Service your student loans are forgiven. There are more details at https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service
I hope you find this helpful.

Lisa, you may be able to qualify for Vocational Rehab, which is a great program, if they will accept you. The rub is that while the specifications are liberal, because of tight dollars, it's often very difficult to get it. Nonetheless, talk to them at your local VA center...

Look for a school that will give you credit for practical experience in the military. Don't know how many credits you have left but to save money take online courses or courses at the local community college. When you have one year or less credits to obtaining a degree attend a full-time college. If you are a federal employee, apply for training finds for individual courses.

Hi Lisa, there are many ways or programs to assist Veterans and Federal Employees. I am considering going back for a specialized Masters and I will likely use student loans and organization tuition assistance-because I am a Ferdal Employee as well. Research is the key and finding programs is challenging but I am seeking information as well: scholarships are out there, but as with anything free or almost free, you'll need to traverse some rough ground. Talk to your HR department as most organztions have SLRP and TA. Good luck.

PV2 (Join to see), MSG Kevin Henry is in WA but very knowledgable about the resources out there. Perhaps he can point you in the right direction.