Veterans Affairs Benefits

• Prior to the beginning of each semester, you are required to submit a VA Course Certification Form to the School Certifying Official for the upcoming semester. Once this form has been received the School Certifying Official will then certify your enrollment with VA. After our drop/add period, the school Certifying Official will invoice VA for your tuition and fees as appropriate.
• You may not request Tuition Assistance for any class for which you are receiving the GI BILL.
• If you receiving HOPE Grant, or HOPE Scholarship, Tuition Assistance will only cover the portion of tuition that is not covered by HOPE.
• All withdrawal dates are reported to ArmyIgnitED and VA and awards are prorated, if necessary.
• If a service member withdraws on or before the 60 percent portion of the term, the service member will no longer be eligible for the full amount of Military Tuition Assistance funds originally awarded. For additional questions, please see NGTC’s Tuition Assistance Refund Policy
• If you withdraw from a class, you will probably owe VA money back.
  Tuition Assistance Refund policy

Closest VA offices to NGTC’s campuses are:

• Clarkesville: (706 ) 754-4316
• Blairsville: (706) 745-6341
• Toccoa: (706) 282-4525 *Only open Tuesday & Thursday

You may be eligible for an Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant if:

• You are not eligible for a Federal Pell Grant on the basis of your Expected Family Contribution, but
• Meet the remaining Federal Pell Grant eligibility requirements, and
• Your parent or guardian was a member of the U.S. armed forces and died as a result of military service performed in Iraq or Afghanistan after the events of 9/11, and
• You were under 24 years old or enrolled in college at least part-time at the time of your parent’s or guardian’s death.

For more details visit: https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants/iraq-afghanistan-service

The grant award is equal to the amount of a maximum Federal Pell Grant for the award year but cannot exceed your cost of attendance for that award year. 

The payment procedures are the same as those for the Federal Pell Grant.

On-Campus Point of Contact for Tuition Assistance Program, VA Benefits, Federal and State Financial Aid, and other Institutional Student Support Services available to Service Member:

Our office is open Monday-Thursday from 7:30 am until 6:00 pm. Come by anytime if you have questions. We look forward to assisting you.

1. Log into VA Account and submit questions
2. Call the VA Education Call Center 1-888-442-4551.

If you are attending, or planning to attend, a post-secondary educational institution to obtain a certificate, diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s, or eligible First Professional Degree Program, you may qualify to have some or all of your tuition paid for through this program. This program is open to traditional Guardsmen (M-Days), AGRs, and Technicians; officer and enlisted. This service cancellable loan is available on a “first-come, first-served” basis.

For more information, and/or to apply for the Georgia National Guard-Service Cancelable Loan, please visit: www.gafutures.org/hope-state-aid-programs/military/gng-scl/eligibility/