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Hello Everyone, Important changes are coming with the way you receive your post 9/11 chapter 33 monthly payments. Please note* This is only for those utilizing Chapter 33 Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits. Chapter 35 DEA benefits are not impacted. Our process is still the same. You will need to turn in your enrollment form each semester. But VA is changing the way the send the monthly stipend. You will now have to verify your enrollment each month, after we have submitted your certification for the semester. Beginning with terms starting on or after December 17, 2021, if you are using your Post-9/11 GI BillŪ benefit at an Institution of Higher Learning (IHL) facility, you are required to verify your enrollment at the end of each month to receive your Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) and/or kicker payments. We want to help you meet this new requirement so you can continue your education without any interruption in benefits. By verifying that you are still enrolled in the same courses or training every month, you help avoid overpayments caused by changes to your training schedule and safeguard your GI Bill entitlement by preventing entitlement charges for training you did not attend. How to Verify Your Enrollment: We encourage students to opt into text messaging, which is a simple, quick option for verifying monthly enrollment and ensuring you receive your MHA/kicker payments uninterrupted. All impacted students with a US mobile phone number on file should receive an opt-in text message after being enrolled in your courses. You must respond to that text within 14 days. After opting in, you can simply reply to a VA text message each month to verify your enrollment. If you opt out of text message verification or do not respond to the opt-in text, you will be automatically enrolled in email verification with the email address on file with VA. For more information, contact your School Certifying Official or refer to the enrollment verification webpage<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbenefits.va.gov%2Fgibill%2Fisaksonroe%2Fverification_of_enrollment.asp&data=04%7C01%7Ctcruise%40utk.edu%7C0362ee905d2c444f037008d9e2779392%7C515813d9717d45dd9eca9aa19c09d6f9%7C0%7C0%7C637789825466172171%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=y%2F9ARRNReJi%2Fz7WngaJ%2BZMWn9FNPbFDWadMgRKeRIy4%3D&reserved=0> where many helpful resources are highlighted, including Frequently Asked Questions<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbenefits.va.gov%2FGIBILL%2Fdocs%2FIsaksonRoe%2FEnrollmentVerificationFAQs.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Ctcruise%40utk.edu%7C0362ee905d2c444f037008d9e2779392%7C515813d9717d45dd9eca9aa19c09d6f9%7C0%7C0%7C637789825466172171%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=%2FnE%2FwCkfAVWLfGKzqHO0MyjjYXuiIj9s37vIirE1%2BvU%3D&reserved=0>. [signature_408459625] Thomas (Tom) Cruise Coordinator I The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Veterans Success Center G020 Hodges Library 1015 Volunteer Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37996 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 865-974-8716 veterans.utk.edu --