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Services for veterans and their families

Welcome to Veterans Services at Clackamas Community College! Our award-winning Veterans Education and Training (VET) Center is dedicated to serving those who served and their families. Let us help you use your Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits and achieve your education and career goals.

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Are you a veteran?

Click below to learn more.


Steps for veterans

Are you a family member of a veteran?

Click below to learn more.

Steps for family members

Steps for Veterans

If you are a veteran, follow these steps to use your GI Bill, Chapter 33, or other VA financial resources:

STEP 01
Apply to CCC
Complete the online application. Once admitted you will receive an email with your next steps and a login for the student portal, myClackamas.
STEP 02

Send benefits documentation
If you already have a certificate of eligibility or statement of benefits, please send a copy of it to us at vetinfo@clackamas.edu. Emailing a picture works. If you do not yet have this documentation, apply for your VA educational benefits.

STEP 03
Fill out CCC’s VA data form
To establish your VA file at Clackamas Community College, please fill out and return the first two pages of the new student packet.

  • Note that some fields on the form use a dropdown menu to select your choices.
STEP 04
Send transcripts
Please have any official transcripts sent to us, including your military transcripts. Order military transcripts through the Joint Services Transcript system
  • You have a one term grace period to send transcripts.
STEP 05
Request for your classes to be certified
You can find the request form on this webpage [anchor link to ID]. You must do this every term after you register for your classes.

Steps for family members of veterans

Many family members of veterans are also eligible for VA benefits. Follow these steps to get started.

STEP 01
Apply to CCC
Complete the online application. Once admitted you will receive an email with your next steps and a login for the student portal, myClackamas.
STEP 02

Send benefits documentation
If you already have a certificate of eligibility or statement of benefits, please send a copy of it to us at vetinfo@clackamas.edu. Emailing a picture works. If you do not yet have this documentation, apply for your VA educational benefits.

STEP 03
Fill out CCC’s VA data form
To establish your VA file at Clackamas Community College, please fill out and return the first two pages of the new student packet.

  • Note that some fields on the form use a dropdown menu to select your choices.
STEP 04
Determine additional eligibility
Is your family member 100% Service Connected with the VA? Check out this form
STEP 05
Send transcripts
Please have any official transcripts sent to us.

  • You have a one term grace period to send transcripts.
STEP 06
Request for your classes to be certified
You can find the request form on this webpage [anchor link to ID]. You must do this every term after you register for your classes.

Resources for veterans and their families

 

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Resources for veterans and their families

Returning students
Tuition assistance
FREE money - grants and scholarships
Get involved - Veteran Club

Veterans Request for Certification

Contact the VET Center

CCC's VET Center can help you with:

  • VA educational benefit enrollment, certification and assistance
  • Using your Post-9/11 GI Bill©
  • Understanding VA benefits including your basic allowance for housing
  • Information about all types for veterans benefits
  • Education and career information
  • Connecting with veterans representatives
  • Financial support for veterans and their dependents through scholarships and grants
  • Referrals to additional resources, including Veterans Services Offices

Send us a message

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Veterans Services

Call, visit or email the VET Center

VET Center

503-594-3438

vetinfo@clackamas.edu

Wacheno Welcome Center, WC 170

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 the official U.S. government website.

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