Veterans Affairs

Welcome

Pikes Peak Community College is approved by the Colorado State Approving Agency for Veterans Education. Our degree and certificate programs are approved for payment of educational benefits to those veterans and dependents that are determined eligible by the Veterans Administration.  The Veterans Affairs office at Centennial Campus has staff that can provide assistance with the necessary VA forms to apply for payment of benefits. For additional information, please contact va@ppcc.edu.

Message To Our Students
You must report any enrollment changes, course drops, withdrawals or any date you stop attending classes so an adjustment report can be completed.  You can email schedule changes or new enrollment to va@ppcc.edu.

Chapter 33 Veterans
When you receive your Certification of  Eligibility,  please bring a copy to our office at Centennial Campus, room A107.  You can also fax us a copy at 719-502-2069.  We will not be able to certify you for Chapter 33 benefits  until we receive this information. Additional information and links.    

Applying for VA Benefits
Our office will help eligible veterans and dependents apply for veterans' education benefits.  We will also help with VA tutoring, vocational rehabilition, and advising.  Additional information and forms.

News and Current Events

Children of Soldiers 
The HEOA (Higher Education Opportunity Act) provides maximum Federal Pell Grant eligibility for a student whose parent or guardian was a member of the Armed Forces and died as a result of performing military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after 9/11/2001, provided that the child was under 24 years old or was enrolled in college at the time of the parent or guardian's death.

These students will be considered to be eligible for the maximum Federal Pell Grant award for the period during which the student is otherwise eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant. ED will work with the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to identify affected students.  July 1, 2009

Transfer of Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits to Dependents (TEB)
For the first time in history, servicemembers enrolled in the Post-9/11 GI Bill program will be able to transfer unused educational benefits to their spouses or children starting Aug. 1, 2009.  New Department of Defense guidance, issued June 23, 2009, establishes the criteria for eligibility and transfer of those education benefits. The new GI Bill, signed into law June 20, 2008, provides the most comprehensive educational benefit package since the original bill, officially known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was signed into law.

For more information on eligibility and the application procedures, see the Dept. of Veteran's Affairs Web site.

WAVE Automated Verification of Enrollment 
If you are in a degree program at a college or university, or a certificate or diploma program at a business, technical, or vocational school, you will not receive payment until you have verified your attendance. Your enrollment can be verified starting on the last calendar day of the month by using the Automated Verification of Enrollment (WAVE) at  https://www.gibill.va.gov/wave/

Colorado State University - Veteran's Upward Bound
http://partners.colostate-pueblo.edu/veteransupwardbound/