Apply for the benefits below soon. If eligible, you'll receive benefits retroactively.
Education
Please email the required documents to SFCVSO@sfgov.org or fax to (415) 355-2468.
- College Fee Waiver Checklist
- College Fee Waiver Program fact sheet
- College Fee Waiver Election Form (VSD-020)
- College Fee Waiver Non-Filing for Dependents application (VSD-022)
- College Fee Waiver for Dependents application (DVS-40)
- Education benefits and vocational rehabilitation
Note: If you are a student that does not have a Statement of Non-Filing from the IRS or State Franchise Tax Board, submit form VSD-022 with the fee waiver request. Applicants will be notified by mail if their fee waiver has been approved.
Compensation and insurance
- Burial benefits
- Dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors
- Disability Compensation fact sheet
- Health care enrollment
- Military Survivor Benefits Plan (SBP)
- Re-open compensation claim for increase or re-evaluation
- Service-disabled life Insurance and waiver of premiums
- Service-related injuries or disabilities
- Proceeds of government life insurance
Money and debt management
- Debt Management
- Employment and job search resources
- Home Loans
- Small Business Administration programs
- Public assistance
Pension
- Pension fact sheet
- Pension for wartime veterans with non-service-connected disabilities
- Survivors’ pension (for war-time only)
Records
- Discharge upgrade and correction of military records
- DMV Veteran License Verification
- Military records and decorations
Resources
- Census 2020
- California Association of County Veterans Service Officers
- California Department of Veterans Affairs
- CalVet Home Loans
- California Veterans Resource Book
- Veterans Home of California - Yountville
Federal resources
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Federal Benefits Manual for Veterans and Dependents
- MyHealtheVet
- National Personnel Records Center (Request Military Records)
- Small Business Administration
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Affordable Care Act
- VA eBenefits
- VA National Cemetery Information
- VA Welcome Kit