Military Resources & Services

JCC provides priority registration to veterans, active duty military, and reservists.  As a veteran, active duty military, or reservist, your fall and spring semester registration will take place one week prior to traditional students.

Submit your DD214 member-4 copy to your school certifying official today take advantage of JCC’s priority registration.

JCC's veterans' clubs on each campus provide a friendly and engaging environment to interact with your peers who may share many of the same struggles, excitement, concerns, and interests. Our veterans' clubs aim to assist in the transition from soldier to civilian and student by providing support, resources, activities, and camaraderie for our returning military men and women and their family members and significant others.

• Jamestown Campus: Military and Veterans Club United (official chapter of the Student Veterans of America)
  • Advisor: Don Pool
• Cattaraugus County Campus: Club Valor (official chapter of the Student Veterans of America)
  • Advisor: Katherine Abrams

In recognition of military service, all graduating veterans, active duty military, and reservists receive a red, white, and blue honor cord to wear at their commencement. The honor cord is presented at an annual ceremony each spring semester.

In addition, all graduating veterans, active duty military, and reservists are encouraged to purchase a military stole at JCC’s campus bookstore to wear at their commencement.

Jamestown Community College offers qualifying veterans, active duty military, reservists, and military dependents who live outside of New York state the in-state tuition rate.

• Learn more about the benefit and qualification

You may be eligible to receive credit for physical education. Submit a copy of your Member 4 DD-214 to Military@mail.sunyjcc.edu, mail, or deliver to Jamestown Community College Office of the Registrar, 525 Falconer Street, Jamestown, NY 14701.

• JCC - Veterans' Scholarship in Memory of Traci Maybach
• Bob and Barbara McCord and Jack Karl Scholarship
  • Apply: Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation general application)
  • For veterans; dependents of veterans from Otto-Eldred or Cattaraugus County
  • One award will be available to veterans or their dependents, preferably residents/graduates of either OEHS or a school in Cattaraugus County. Students should be in good academic standing, be involved in extracurricular activities (sports, music, etc.) and demonstrate financial need. The award amount will vary. Students receiving an award can re-apply.
• Education Scholarships for Military Families
• Military Enhanced Recognition Incentive and Tribute MERIT Scholarship
• Southern Tier Military Support Scholarship
  • Apply: Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation Southern Tier Military Support Scholarship application
  • $500 for a military veteran attending JCC's Cattaraugus County Campus

• Peer2Peer program: service designed to help incoming students transition successfully into college life
• Accessibility Services: can assist veterans whose injuries present challenges to academic success
  • The office regularly works with veterans with PTSD, TBIs, mobility, orthopedic, and sensory impairments to help achieve success in the classroom and in testing situations
  • Accessibility Services also offers a variety of assistive technology, software, and equipment

The veterans' lounges provide study and recreation space for our military-aligned students, as well as an opportunity to meet and socialize with other veterans and service members. You can access veteran-specific materials relating to campus resources, education benefits, scholarships, VA benefits, community-based veterans organizations, and upcoming campus and community veterans events.

• Jamestown Campus: HULT 213
  • Key code entry is provided by Melissa Stormer and Don Pool
• Cattaraugus County Campus: COLL 228B (second floor)
  • Key code entry is provided by Katherine Abrams, Don Pool, or Melissa Stormer

• Complete career assessments, build your resume, translate military skills, and search and apply for jobs with VA for Vets
• Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) program
• Department of Labor VETS Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
• Research careers, apply for benefits, view your status, access your documents, and more through the VA eBenefits
• Veterans' guide to getting hired

• Apply for educational benefits through va.gov
• College guide for military and veterans
• Find additional information on education as a military SUNY student
• No-cost online tutoring
• Online schools for military
• Research continuing education resources as a veteran with Accredited Online Colleges
• Research educational benefits and compare programs under the GI Bill® through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
• Research educational institutions in relation to Tuition Assistant benefits through the Department of Defense's Tuition Assistant (TA) DECIDE
• Research higher education resources as a veteran with Accredited Schools Online
• Research master's degrees
• Research New York militia education benefits
• Submit your monthly verification through the Web Automated Verification of Enrollment (WAVE)

• Financial aid guide by Best Colleges
• Financial aid guide by Money Geek
• Paying for graduate school

• Blue Star Mothers - Lake Erie
• Make the Connection: Videos & Info for Military Veterans
• PFC Dwyer program
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Facebook

• Call (1.800.273.8255, press 1), text (838255), or chat online with Veterans Crisis Line
• Airborne hazards and open burn pit registry
• Apply for VA health benefits
• Blue Star Mothers - Lake Erie
• Directory of environmental health coordinators
• Find a Vet Center with the VA Vet Center Program
• Learn more about local veteran services in Chautauqua County
• Learn more about veteran services in New York through the New York State Division of Veterans' Affairs
• Locate military service records through the National Archives
• Make the Connection: Videos & Info for Military Veterans
• Mesothelioma guide
• PFC Dwyer program
• Stay current on military news, careers, fellow veterans, and more with Military.com
• Tax guide for military members and veterans