Serves Active duty and those who actively served in the United States military post 9/11/2001 AND suffered a post 9/11 wound, illness, or injury in the line of duty. MUST BE WITHIN TEN YEARS OF DISCHARGE. If discharged, must have Honorable or General discharge (Under Honorable Conditions) WITHIN TEN years of discharge. Also serves deployed service members of rank E1-E6 with DEERS-eligible/legal dependents AND who meet one of the following criteria: 1. Currently deployed to an overseas location 2. Assigned to a ship that has been at sea for 30+ days and is enroute to theater, forward deployed, or otherwise on a mission status - not a training status 3. National Guard member or Reservist on Title 10 orders (not Title 32) who either will deploy to an overseas theater in the next 90 days, or has returned from an overseas HFR theater within the last 180 days.

Completed online application, leave and earnings statement (LES), discharge document (DD-214), line of duty document (LOD), proof of deployment, documentation relating to cited need such as mortgage statement, eviction notice, repair bill, and other documentation requested by the assigned case worker.

Online application is available on the 1st through 10th of every month online. Critical Financial Assistance department staff are available M-F from 9:00am - 6:00pm with voicemail capability outside of regular office hours.