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Children of the Fallen — Tuition, Books, Housing and Tools

A scholarship for the child of a service member who died in the post-9/11 period, covering tuition, books, fees, HOUSING, required tools and equipment, approved tutoring and other required educational expenses. Applications close 31 DECEMBER each year. It is run by the state veterans department and funded through the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

A scholarship for the child of a service member who died in the post-9/11 period, covering tuition, books, fees, HOUSING, required tools and equipment, approved tutoring and other required educational expenses. Applications close 31 DECEMBER each year. It is run by the state veterans department and funded through the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines.

What it's worth: Tuition, books, fees, housing, tools, equipment and approved tutoring

  • It covers tuition, books, fees, HOUSING, required tools and equipment, approved TUTORING and other required educational expenses.
  • Housing and tools are unusual in a scholarship, and for a trade programme the tools can be the larger cost.
  • Approved tutoring being covered is rarer still.
  • Applications are due 31 DECEMBER annually. That is an unusual deadline and it is easy to miss by assuming a spring one.
  • It is administered by the state veterans department and funded through the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines.
  • No dollar cap is published on the pages reviewed.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are the service member's child.
  • Your parent died in service.
  • You are in Iowa.

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

Deadline: December 31
  1. 1Diary 31 DECEMBER. The deadline is annual and it is not the spring date most scholarships use.
  2. 2Apply through the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. 3Itemise everything: housing, required tools and equipment, and approved tutoring are all covered, and a scholarship that pays for tools is worth listing them for.
  4. 4If you are in a trade or technical programme, the tools and equipment element may be the largest part of it.
Form
Application to the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs
File with
Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs
Documents you will need
dd214
Annual
Claimed once a year.

Sources

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