Education

UT Arlington Veterans Upward Bound is a free program for qualified veterans, designed to motivate and assist veterans in the development of academic and other requisite skills necessary for acceptance and success in a program of postsecondary education. The program provides assessment and enhancement of basic skills through counseling, mentoring, tutoring and academic instruction in the core subject areas of mathematics through pre-calculus, laboratory science, foreign language, composition and literature.

Recovery program for service-connected injuries

Volunteer opportunities: Holiday presents, care packages, and appreciation events for active military. Scholarships: for surviving children, or veteran children (when the vet is 100% VA disabled)

Job placement assistance and forklift certification training for veterans in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall, and Tarrant Counties. Financial assistance available if related to work equipment.

Local community college, focused on military education. Accepts GI and Hazlewood.

Job training, resume adjustment, and job search help for all in need

Scholarships for families or caregivers of Army veterans, active duty military, Guard and Reserve, and children of any of the above.

Public university accepting Hazlewood and GI Bill.  Three campuses.

Supports students in schools, provides school supplies, parent nights, and connection to community services.

Resources for HR and employers to help hire veterans and military

Public University in Prarie View, accepts Hazlewood and GI bill. Extension centers in Houston

Private university accepting GI Bill and MyCAA funding.  Full range of professional development and certificate programs in dozens of fields, although not all programs are current eligible under the GI Bill.

Public University in San Angelo, accepts Hazlewood and GI bill.

For Texas A&M-University students, lending library of texbooks for students that are veterans.

Will train for new jobs, provide accommodations, and work with employers, for all who qualify financially.

Veterans learning and tutoring center.  Need not be a student at UTA.