Our VA Work Study students are customer service representatives for Veterans Services at Cuesta College. They assist with the dissemination of general information regarding military benefits and/or services, and provide assistance to students with general inquiries about military benefits via phone, email, on-line, or in person.
You can take part in our work-study program if you meet all of the requirements listed below.
All of these must be true. You:
Approved VA education benefits programs include:
You can get paid to work a part-time job while you study.
You can get a job that’s related to VA work, meets your interests, and fills a need.
For example, you can work for a:
VA facility
Department of Defense, Coast Guard, or National Guard location that oversees MGIB-SR or REAPState Veterans agency to help Veterans get Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) benefits
Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success to support the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of Veteran students
Cooperative program that we run together with a college, university, or other institution of higher learning
College, university, or other institution of higher learning in any Veteran-related role. For example, you could help Veteran students with general questions about Veteran benefits, process documents for Veterans, or maintain and organize Veteran-related files.
Contact the local San Luis Obispo County Veteran Services Office for more information.
You’ll earn an hourly wage that’s the same as the federal minimum wage or your state minimum wage, whichever is greater. If your school usually pays students more for the job you’re doing, they may pay you the difference between the amount we pay and their usual rate.
You may elect to be paid in advance for 40% of the hours in your work-study agreement, or for 50 hours, whichever is fewer. After you’ve worked the hours covered by your first payment, we’ll pay you each time you finish 50 hours of service or every other week, whichever comes first.
You can work during or between enrollment periods.
You can’t work more hours total than 25 times the number of weeks in your enrollment period.
For example: If you’re enrolled for a semester that lasts for 15 weeks, you can work up to 375 hours for that enrollment period.
GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at www.benefits.va.gov/gibill