{"id":14774,"date":"2022-08-30T16:01:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=14774"},"modified":"2022-08-30T16:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:01:26","slug":"sen-ossoff-successfully-helps-restore-eligibility-for-student-veterans-to-attend-morris-brown-college","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-successfully-helps-restore-eligibility-for-student-veterans-to-attend-morris-brown-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Successfully Helps Restore Eligibility for Student Veterans to Attend Morris Brown College<\/strong><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Ossoff called on<\/a> the Georgia Department of Veterans Service to allow veterans to use their VA education benefits at Morris Brown College<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VA educational benefits, also known as GI Bill benefits, help veterans and eligible dependents pay for colleges, graduate schools, and training programs<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C. <\/strong>\u2014 In another victory for Morris Brown College, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff successfully helped restore eligibility for student veterans to attend the storied Atlanta HBCU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Sen. Ossoff\u2019s push<\/a>, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Georgia Department of Veterans Service will once again allow student veterans and their dependents to use their VA educational benefits at Morris Brown College, which became the first HBCU to regain its accreditation after a 20-year hiatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust as I worked to secure restored federal financial aid and now veterans\u2019 tuition benefits for Morris Brown students, I will continue working with college President Dr. Kevin James to support the rebirth of this important and historic HBCU,\u201d Senator Ossoff said. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“With the reinstatement of Title IV funding, Morris Brown has also been approved to use VA benefits for military students. This approval was a huge win for the institution and will positively impact our student enrollment. Moreover, as seasoned adults, we believe veterans will positively impact our retention and success rates,\u201d said Dr. Kevin James, President of Morris Brown College. <\/strong>\u201cI want to thank Senator Jon Ossoff for working with us in calling on the Georgia Department of Veterans Service to allow student veterans and their dependents to use their VA educational benefits at Morris Brown College.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last December, Sen. Ossoff successfully helped restore<\/a> Federal financial aid for current and future Morris Brown students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff also spoke at Morris Brown\u2019s Founder\u2019s Day celebration earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Sen. Ossoff pledged<\/a> to support Morris Brown in their re-accreditation efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues to fight on behalf of Georgia\u2019s HBCUs. In the last year alone, Sens. Ossoff and Warnock havesecured<\/a> more than a quarter of a billion dollars to enhance the universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff has also pledged to ensure the wellbeing and success of Georgia\u2019s veterans. Earlier this month, Sens. Ossoff and Warnock secured<\/a> over $1 million to help veterans reenter the workforce and find stable housing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read Sen. Ossoff\u2019s letter.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Ossoff called on the Georgia Department of Veterans Service to allow veterans to use their VA education benefits at Morris Brown College VA educational benefits, also known as GI Bill benefits, help veterans and eligible dependents pay for colleges, graduate schools, and training programs Washington, D.C. \u2014 In another victory for Morris Brown College, U.S. Senator Jon […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14774","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14776,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14774\/revisions\/14776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}