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Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance

Program Information

Popular name

(Veteran's Educational Assistance Program(VEAP)-Chapter 32)

Program Number

64.120

Program objective

To provide educational assistance to persons entering the Armed Forces after December 31, 1976, and before July 1, 1985; to assist persons in obtaining an education they might otherwise not be able to afford; and to promote and assist the all-volunteer military program of the United States by attracting qualified persons to serve in the Armed Forces.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2019

    In FY19, 0 individuals trained, and 78 individuals received refunds for disenrollment from the program. (FY20 est: 0 trainees and 74 disenrollment refunds; FY21 est.: 0 trainees and 70 disenrollment refunds).

  2. 2022

    Per the Veterans Benefits Administrations’ 2022 Annual Benefits Report, 13,170 beneficiaries received VEAP disenrollment refunds. Since 2018, a total of 14,172 beneficiaries received benefits under VEAP.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Program details

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Education (13+)
  • Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents

Additional resources