If you are the surviving spouse or child of a service member killed in the line of duty, this fund pays 100 percent of instructional and general fees at Ohio public colleges and universities, or $10,672 per academic year at an independent institution, for up to the equivalent of four academic years of undergraduate study. If you enrol in a certificate program instead, it pays $8,000 per academic year at public or private institutions for up to two certificate programs, within the same four-year equivalent limit.
Contact the financial aid office of the Ohio college you plan to attend and give them the service member’s DD1300, Report of Casualty. For more information, call 614-752-9481.
A copy of the service member’s DD1300 Report of Casualty, and your marriage certificate or birth certificate showing your relationship.
