Military Families & Veteran Services
Counseling Services:
- Signed Consent Form required prior to first counseling session
- Individual non-medical counseling sessions for military students and their parents
- Masters or Doctorate-level Licensed counselor.
- Available at no cost to assist youth and family members to provide short-term, non-medical counseling support to military families.
- Services are private and confidential with the exception of child abuse/neglect, domestic abuse and other duty-to-warn situations.
- Issues addressed- school adjustment, deployment and separation, reunion adjustment, sibling and parent-child communication, behavioral concerns, fear, grief and loss.
- Contact number: 707-317-5304
Education Benefits Program:
California Department of Veterans Affairs
- Benefits for Veterans
California Veterans College Fee Waiver
- Deadline: on-going
- Eligibility: Child of a veteran who has a service-connected disability
- Amount: Tuition and fees at any California community, UC or CSU university
Determining Residency for college from the University of California:
In general, in order to qualify for California residence for purposes of University tuition and fees, she (and her California-resident parent(s)) must have established 366 days of physical presence, obtained her indicia of intent (California driver’s license, vehicle registration, voter’s registration, etc.) and relinquished all out-of-state indicia for at least 366 days prior to the term for which she is requesting residence classification. She also must be in a qualifying legal immigrant status if she is not a US citizen. Please carefully review the UC Residence Policy and Guidelines (http://www.ucop.edu/general-counsel/_files/ed-affairs/uc-residence-policy.pdf) for more details, specifically pages 27-33 for information related to members of the Armed Forces.
- Compare VA-approved institutions and review other information to choose the educational program that works best for you.
- Learn about and compare your GI Bill benefits at approved schools
