Studying entirely online changes how the Post-9/11 GI Bill calculates housing help. For the rate year that began August 1, an eligible online-only student who started using benefits in 2018 or later may receive as much as $1,261 a month. The actual deposit can be lower because eligibility percentage, course load and days enrolled all…

A professional credential can be the last expensive step between training and a better-paying job. The current Post-9/11 GI Bill schedule gives eligible veterans and beneficiaries a way to recover as much as $2,000 of a qualifying licensing or certification test fee, but the reimbursement also uses a portion of the education benefit. That tradeoff…

CMS’s interim final rule requires 43 states and DC to implement Medicaid’s 80-hour community engagement requirement by January 1, 2027. Earning $580 a month satisfies it.

In 2013, seven out of every ten disability compensation and pension claims sitting at the Department of Veterans Affairs had been waiting more than 125 days. That share is now 11.6 percent. The count of claims stuck past that line dropped under 70,000 in early July, the first time it has been that low since…

Four thousand five hundred dollars is the ceiling on countable assets a household can hold in federal fiscal year 2026 and still qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, so long as at least one member is age 60 or older or has a disability. Every other household stops at $3,000. That $1,500 gap is…

Federal Teacher Loan Forgiveness can cancel up to $17,500 of eligible student debt after five complete and consecutive academic years of qualifying full-time teaching. The maximum is real, but it does not apply to every teacher, every federal loan, or every school. Before counting on the benefit, teachers should check the school, service dates, loan…

Summer can shift a family’s food budget when school meals stop, even though rent, utilities and other bills keep coming. Sun Bucks is designed to fill part of that gap with grocery benefits for eligible school-age children, but availability and application steps depend on the state, tribe or territory running the program. The benefit is…