Ch 33: Post 9/11 GI Bill庐

The Post 9/11 GI Bill® is available to veterans who have served between 3 and 36 months of active duty service after September 10, 2001. This benefit provides up to 36 months of eligibility and expires 15 years after your release from active duty (if you separated from the military before August 16, 2017 once the Forever GI Bill was enacted). This benefit can also be transferred to eligible dependents and/or spouses for qualifying service members. Read more about transferring these benefits .

The VA pays tuition and fees directly to the school. In many cases, the cost of attending 草莓社区 exceeds the VA's private school annual maximum, additional funds are available through the Yellow Ribbon program for veterans that have are 100% eligible for the Post 9/11 GI Bill program. These additional funds are available to veterans without an additional charge to your GI Bill entitlement.

In addition to the tuition benefit, the Post 9/11 GI Bill also offers a monthly housing allowance and annual book stipend. Students must with the VA via text, online, or email at the end of each month they are enrolled. Failure to verify enrollment after two consecutive months will result in a pause in disbursement . The monthly housing allowance is equivalent to the BAH rate for E-5 with dependents for the Loyola’s Lakeshore Campus zip code. Here is the to get a better idea for BAH rates.

Active Duty personal may be able to transfer this benefit to their dependents. Active Duty personnel using this benefit are also not eligible for the housing stipend.

Chapter 33 covers tuition and mandatory fees as it relates to your entitlement percentage. For example, if you are rated at 80% the VA will cover 80% of the reported tuition and mandatory fees. Here is a list of fees that the VA does NOT consider mandatory and therefore will NOT cover*:

CTA U-Pass
Dorms/On-Campus Housing
Meal Plans
iPlan Enrollment Fee
Dewar Tuition Insurance
Student Health Insurance* see below for details
Certain Study Abroad Fees (inquire directly with our office for details)

*Please keep in mind this is not an exhaustive list. Connect with our office for more details on your individual account.

草莓社区's Yellow Ribbon Policy:

The Yellow Ribbon Program at 草莓社区 provides additional funding to students who are 100% eligible for the Post 9/11 GI Bill when their tuition and fees exceed the VA's private school annual cap. Students (other than medical students) who are 100% eligible for the Chapter 33 Post 9/11 GI Bill will be automatically enrolled in the Yellow Ribbon Program and will have it applied as needed.

Beginning August 1, 2023, Loyola increased its Yellow Ribbon funding to fully cover mandatory tuition and fees for all programs, with the exception of those in the MD Stitch School of Medicine program.

Students at the Stritch School of Medicine who are eligible for the Chapter 33 Post-9/11 GI Bill benefit at the 100% level may receive Yellow Ribbon Program funds on a first-come, first-served basis. GI Bill eligibility is determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Under 草莓社区 SSOM’s Yellow Ribbon agreement, up to four (4) eligible students per academic year may receive an annual maximum of $20,000 each in Yellow Ribbon funding.

To secure an available Yellow Ribbon spot, a student must:

Be formally admitted and committed to SSOM through the admissions process;
Submit a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) confirming 100% Chapter 33 benefit eligibility to the ; and
Complete the VA-Request for Enrollment Certification (VA-REC) form and upload to the , for the first semester you wish you utilize VA benefits. This form must be submitted for each subsequent semester by no later than 30 days after the start of the semester to maintain Yellow Ribbon eligibility.

Once all requirements above are met, the student will be considered for an available Yellow Ribbon slot. If a slot is open at that time, the student will receive the Yellow Ribbon match from both SSOM and the VA. The student is only eligible for the SSOM match if VA provides Yellow Ribbon funding under their eligibility requirements.

An eligible student who secures a Yellow Ribbon slot will retain it until completion of the medical program or until they no longer meet eligibility requirements, whichever occurs first.

If no Yellow Ribbon slots are available when a student meets all eligibility requirements, the student will be placed on the SSOM Yellow Ribbon waitlist in the order in which they completed both university and VA requirements. Waitlisted students will be moved to the recipient list in order based on the earliest date they met all requirements, beginning with the first full academic term after a Yellow Ribbon spot becomes available.

Students interested in and eligible for SSOM Yellow Ribbon Program funding may direct availability inquiries to Veterans@luc.edu.

Student Health Insurance is not covered by the VA unless the student has no other insurance (including but not limited to private or VA Healthcare). In order to use student health insurance, you must reach out to the office to have it included in billing. If you don't, you will be responsible for the charge. If you have health insurance through an employer, a private company, or the VA (i.e., you are a veteran and have opted into VA health care), you MUST waive out of LUC student health insurance by the Bursar's deadline. Please see the steps found here to do so.

Steps for Waiving out of LUC Student Healthcare:

Log into LOCUS and select “Financial Account,” then “Student Health Insurance.”
Select the “Waive out” button and submit your insurance information.
- Student veterans and active duty will enter the following:
  - Veterans’ Health Insurance and xxx-xx-6789 [Last 4 of SSN].
- Students who don’t have VA healthcare but do have other healthcare, submit your policy information:
  - Carrier, Policy ID and group ID
The insurance fee will be credited to your student account within 48 hours. Please check the "Account Summary by Term" screen under "Financial Account" in LOCUS to see this credit.

Please view this on how to opt out of the health insurance if you require more assistance.