WASHINGTON ― Jill Biden is promoting a new website designed to make it easier for service members, veterans, their spouses and dependents to calculate their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits at thousands of schools and job training programs.
“In just a couple easy steps they can figure everything out,” Biden told The Associated Press before she appeared Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” to show off the GI Bill Comparison Tool.
Using the website, service members can estimate tuition and fees, housing allowances and book stipends for each school. They also can find data on graduation rates, loan default rates, median borrowing levels and other indicators.
Before the website was created, service members had to consult multiple sources to find the same information, said Biden, a military mom and English professor. Her son, Beau, serves in the Delaware National Guard.
The website launched in February, but Vice President Joe Biden’s wife is highlighting its existence as she and first lady Michelle Obama mark this month’s third anniversary of Joining Forces, their nationwide support program for service members, veterans and their families.
Jill Biden said in the NBC interview that she and Mrs. Obama started Joining Forces “to encourage all Americans to support and honor our military families.”
Last week at the White House, both women recognized the millions of caregivers of sick or wounded service members and veterans.
