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All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance

Program Information

Popular name

(Montgomery GI-Bill Active Duty (MGIB) - Chapter 30)

Program Number

64.124

Program objective

To help servicepersons readjust to civilian life after their separation from military service. Assist in the recruitment and retention of highly qualified personnel in the active and reserve components in the Armed Forces by providing education benefits.

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 FY 19, 22,166 Veterans and Servicemembers trained. (FY 20 est.: 18,625; FY 21 est:15,687)

  2. 2022

    Per the Veterans Benefits Administrations’ 2022 Annual Benefits Report, 20,970 beneficiaries received benefits using chapter 30, MGIB-AD.

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.

38 CFR 21.7000 - 21.7320. "Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents," VA Pamphlet 80-0-01, $5.00, available from Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. The stock number is: 0051-000-00233-4.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Education

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents

Additional resources