Veteran Resources

• Admissions

• Military Transcripts
• Office of Veteran Affairs
• Veterans Admissions Services

• Benefits

• Veterans Affairs Benefits: Explore this site if enrolled in classes while being employed.

• New Student Veterans

• Visit the Veteran New Student Orientation website to access:
  • Orientation
  • Presentation
  • Other resources

• Student Veteran Forms:

• GI Bill & Hazlewood required documents
• Returning Military Student forms
• Student Veterans Resources (Institutional Inclusive Excellence - Student Initiatives)
• Texas State forms
• Veteran Affairs forms

• Tutoring

• Private Tutoring
• Tutor Corps, SLAC: To better serve the academic needs of the Texas State military/veteran community, the Student Learning Assistance Center (SLAC) has designed a program to give exclusive “Veteran-to-Veteran tutoring.”
• Tutor Corps, Writing Center: As a veteran, you can schedule an appointment with a Writing Center tutor who has served in the United States Armed Forces.
• Veterans Academic Success Center - Tutor Corps

Texas State offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, retirement, and leave such as:

• Bobcat Balance: Work Life assistance
• Health Insurance Medical, Dental & Vision
  • BlueCross BlueShield health care works in conjunction with the VA or Tricare benefits that veterans may currently receive
• Life Insurance and Dependent Term Life Insurance
• Staff Education Leave
• Retirement Plans
• Various paid leave and holidays
• Veteran Health Care Leave

For more information, please visit the Benefits website.

Policies:

• Affirmative Action/Recruitment Plan: UPPS 04.04.04
• Staff Employment: UPPS 04.04.03
• University Leave: UPPS 04.04.30
  • Federal Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
    • Covered Reasons for Leave
    • Military Caregiver Leave
  • Military Leave Procedures
  • Veteran Health Care Leave

• Other:

• Hillviews: A Welcome Home for Veterans

Staff Positions

• Job opportunities
• Military Crosswalk
• Military Skills Translator
• Translate your Military Resume to a Civilian Resume
• Veteran's Preference step-by-step guide

• Student Positions

• Student Conservation Association (SCA): offers training programs to help returning veterans transition to civilian life and prepare for careers in conservation. Veterans who successfully complete these programs earn certifications in wildland firefighting, chainsaw operation, wilderness medicine, and more.
• Writing Center Veteran Tutor Employment

• Bobcat Balance
• Counseling Center
• Office of Disability Services

Events

• Inclusive Excellence - Student Initiatives (IE-SI): SDI offers various events for student veterans, including the Military Connected Social and Graduation Celebrations

• Veteran Academic Success Center - Tutor Corps: Events include monthly lunches, board game meetups, fly fishing with Healing Waters, and counseling center events, among others.

• Veterans Day Commemoration

• Networking

• Veterans Advisory Council: Advice and support for services and programs designed to facilitate the smooth transition from military to college and to promote veteran student success.
• Veterans Alliance of Texas State (VATS): A chartered organization whose mission is to provide a connection between student veterans, the university and the community.
• Veterans Initiative at Texas State: Center for Children and Families: The Veterans Initiative is a model of transitional, comprehensive, and coordinated services that have been developed in the areas of academic support and orientation, health and behavioral health, career and employment, training and technical assistance. For free support email: veteransinitiative@txstate.edu.

• Veteran's Memorial Garden

• Veterans Visit Day

• eBenefits
• Student Veterans of America
• The Veterans Guide for Academic Aid and Programs
• Veteran Student Guide: Veteran specific questions and concerns

• Hire Heroes USA offers free resume services for transitioning military members and their spouses. It also offers job search assistance, transition assistance, and a variety of templates.
• G.I. Jobs: a job search engine, resume and career tips
• Learn How to Become provides useful resources for resume writing, interviewing readiness, and overcoming challenges and opportunities in the job search.
• Military provides a variety of services for veterans when seeking employment. Services include: career advice, job hunting, interviewing tips, military transition and more!
• My Next Move is a portal that can help you learn more about different job industries and find jobs related to your military experience. Additionally, it provides insight on the outlook and education/experience needed for specific job industries.
• National Association of Veterans Program Administrators, provides a Student Veterans link with a listing of financial and job opportunities.
• O*Net Online is a website designed to assist you translate your military skills to their equivalent in the civilian workforce. This is helpful when writing a resume.
•  Texas Veterans Portal  houses links to many organizations that can help veterans and their family members find and prepare for meaningful employment. 
• Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area

• Austin VA/Montopolis
• Hays County Veterans Services Office: assists veterans and their dependents access federal, state, local and nonprofit program benefits.
• National Association of Veterans' Program Administrators (NAVPA): NAVPA is a charitable organization dedicated to veterans.
• National Resource Directory
• Texas Veterans Commission: advocate for and provide superior service to veterans that will significantly improve the quality of life for all Texas veterans, their families, and survivors. Phone: 512-463‐3168, email: education@tvc.texas.gov
• Texas Veterans Portal: houses links to many organizations that can help veterans and their family members find and prepare for meaningful employment. Benefits, education, employment, health, forms, contacts, and questions.
• Veteran's Advantage: national preferred-pricing program and resources for veterans
• Gateway Warrior Foundation, resources for jobs, therapy, counseling information.
• U.S. Veteran Compensation Programs

• Clinics and Vet Centers: Location Finder

• Clinics and centers with the nearest proximity are:
  • Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital
  • Austin Vet Center
  • Austin Outpatient Clinic
  • Killeen Heights Vet Center
  • New Braunfels' Community Based Outpatient Clinic
  • San Antonio Vet Center NE

• Wellness:

• Community Action, Inc of Central Texas
• Give an Hour: Locates free physicians and mental health professionals by zip code.
• Grace After Fire: Peer to peer network for female veterans
• Hays Caldwell Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse
• Hill Country MHDD Veteran Services
• Project Healing Waters - National
• Project Healing Waters - San Marcos
• Quit Day - At QuitDay, our mission is to help people add 10 healthy years to their lives. Our team strives to inspire people to quit smoking, and have a positive impact on the lives of their loved ones and their children.
• Restoration Ranch
• Restore Warriors Self -help strategies and resources for Post -Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Veterans and Mesothelioma
• Veterans Choice Program
• Vet Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

• Military Veteran Peer Network: Group Support Services, Resource Provider, and Peer- to-Peer Support
• TexVet: Referral, Resources, and Outreach for Veterans
• Texas Operation Welcome Home: Resource and Referral Network for Returning Veterans
• Wounded Warrior Project: Mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors, raise awareness and enlist the public aid for the needs of injured service members, and help injured service members aid and assist each other.