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Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program
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The Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program (VRRAP) was enacted on March 11, 2021, and reached its statutory end date for enrolling new students on December 10, 2022. VRRAP provides an eligible Veteran with up to 12 months of tuition and fees and a monthly housing allowance based on Post-9/11 GI Bill rates, to be used towards training in a covered program of education (high demand occupation, as determined by the Commission of Labor Statistics). VRRAP ends 21 months after the date of enactment and is limited to a maximum of 17,250 participants and up to $386 million. In order to be eligible for VRRAP, a Veteran must meet the following criteria: • At least 22 years of age and less than 67 years of age • Unemployed due to COVID-19 pandemic • Not eligible for GI Bill or Veteran Readiness and Employment benefits • Not enrolled in a Federal or State jobs program • Not rated as totally disabled because you cannot work • Not receiving unemployment compensation including enhanced benefits under the CARES Act, P.L. 116-136 Under VRRAP, schools are paid as follows: • 50-percent of the total amount payable is paid to the school when the eligible Veteran begins the program of education • 25-percent of the total amount payable is paid to the school when the eligible Veteran completes the program of education • 25-percent of the total amount payable is paid to the school when the eligible Veteran finds employment to a field related to the program of education within 180 days after program completion / withdrawal Education Service and the Office of Information Technology have developed two webpages with VRRAP information and resources: • https://benefits.va.gov/gibill/vrrap.asp for interested Veterans • https://benefits.va.gov/gibill/vrrap_educational_institutions.asp for educational institutions that are interested in participating in VRRAP • EDU has requested a new Assistance Listing number, to be published on SAM.gov (requested on March 29, 2021). • Single Audit Requirements: No, the Single Audit Requirements do not apply to VRRAP.
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.
The VRRAP program has enrolled 13,648 students in a program of education as of the conclusion of FY 2023. 1760 veterans have reported obtaining employment with an average salary of $52,650.
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.
