Financial Benefits for Veterans in Pennsylvania
4 Financial benefits for veterans in Pennsylvania.
Veterans' Temporary Assistance (VTA)
Provides temporary financial assistance to Pennsylvania veterans (or their surviving spouses/dependents) facing a financial emergency, to cover the necessities of life such as food, shelter, fuel, and clothing.
Eligibility: Pennsylvania resident veteran with wartime service (or surviving spouse/dependent) experiencing temporary financial hardship due to circumstances beyond their control.
Estimated value: Up to $1,600 within a 12-month period
How to apply: Apply through your County Director of Veterans Affairs; questions to RA-VTA@pa.gov.
Amputee and Paralyzed Veterans' Pension
A monthly state pension for Pennsylvania veterans who suffered a service-connected loss (or loss of use) of two or more extremities.
Eligibility: Pennsylvania resident at the time of entering the U.S. Armed Forces; service-connected injury or disease resulting in the loss or loss of use of two or more extremities; VA disability rating of at least 40% in each affected limb.
Estimated value: $150 per month
How to apply: Apply through your County Director of Veterans Affairs / the PA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
Blind Veterans' Pension
A monthly state pension for Pennsylvania veterans who incurred a service-connected loss of vision.
Eligibility: Gave Pennsylvania as their place of residence when entering service; service-connected injury or disease resulting in visual acuity of 3/60 or 10/200 (or less) in the better eye with best correcting lens.
Estimated value: $150 per month
How to apply: Apply through your County Director of Veterans Affairs / the PA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
Military Family Relief Assistance Program (MFRAP)
Provides need-based financial grants to eligible Pennsylvania service members and their families experiencing a direct and immediate financial hardship.
Eligibility: Pennsylvania resident members of the PA National Guard, PA residents in a reserve component, PA-resident active-duty members, and certain recently separated veterans and their immediate family members; must show a direct and immediate financial need.
Estimated value: Grants based on proven financial need, up to $5,000
How to apply: Submit an MFRAP application to the PA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (see the state service page for the form and instructions).