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Education Aid for the Children of Veterans Killed, Totally Disabled or Missing

CGS 10a-166 provides need-based education aid to children aged 16 to 23 whose wartime veteran parent was killed in action, died from an active-duty illness or accident, is permanently and totally disabled, or is missing in action in Vietnam. The statute states $400 a year. THAT FIGURE MAY BE OUT OF DATE — it is the statutory amount, not a verified current one, and it should be confirmed before anyone plans around it.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

CGS 10a-166 provides need-based education aid to children aged 16 to 23 whose wartime veteran parent was killed in action, died from an active-duty illness or accident, is permanently and totally disabled, or is missing in action in Vietnam. The statute states $400 a year. THAT FIGURE MAY BE OUT OF DATE — it is the statutory amount, not a verified current one, and it should be confirmed before anyone plans around it.

What it's worth: Need-based aid — the statute says $400 a year, which may be out of date

  • The statutory figure is up to $400 per year. That amount may be ANTIQUATED. It is reproduced here as what the statute says, not as a verified current entitlement, and it should be confirmed before anyone relies on it.
  • The claimants are children aged 16 to 23.
  • The qualifying parent is a wartime veteran who was killed in action, died from an active-duty illness or accident, is permanently and totally disabled, or is missing in action in Vietnam.
  • The permanent-and-total-disability limb means the parent need not have died. That is wider than most survivor education provisions.
  • The aid is need-based.
  • The administering agency is not established from the sources reviewed; start with the state veterans department.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are the veteran's child.
  • The parent served during a recognised period of war.
  • You are in Connecticut.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Ask the state veterans department about aid under CGS 10a-166. The administering agency is not clearly published, so this is the place to start.
  2. 2Ask what the CURRENT amount is before planning around it. The statutory $400 may be long out of date.
  3. 3If your parent is living but permanently and totally disabled, apply anyway — that limb does not require a death.
  4. 4Check the age window: 16 to 23.
  5. 5Ask about Connecticut's tuition waivers separately. This is cash aid and they are remission; they are different benefits.
Form
Enquire with the state veterans department
File with
Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs, to begin with
Documents you will need
dd214
Annual
Claimed once a year.
Known gapThe $400 annual figure is the statutory amount and may be antiquated. It is published here as a statutory reference with that warning attached rather than as a current entitlement. The administering agency is also not established from the sources reviewed.

Sources

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