advance their education who are qualifying spouses, surviving spouses, or children of deceased or disabled veterans who, as a result of their military service, have a permanent and total (100%) service connected disability, or are service personnel who have been listed for a total of more than 90 days as currently Missing In Action or as Prisoners of War. Spouse, surviving spouse or child of a deceased or disabled veteran can receive monthly payments to be used for tuition, books, and subsistence for courses, training or college. Financial assistance is $404 per month, and there is tutorial assistance, vocational counseling and testing and a work-study allowance. Benefits may be awarded for pursuit of associate, bachelor, or graduate degrees at colleges and universities, as well as study at business, technical or vocational schools. Apprenticeship programs, on job training programs, and farm cooperative courses are also included. Benefits for correspondence 467 courses are available to spouses only. Information on this program and application forms are available from your local or regional Veterans Affairs (VA) office. Money available: $99,401,000. For institutional training the amount of money available per student monthly for fall time study is $404, for three quarters time study is $304, and for halftime study is $202. (The maximum is $1,200). Students will be paid minimum wage (federal or state minimum,
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