Et cetera : Did you know this about the American Legion: Temporary Financial Assistance

Temporary Financial Assistance (TFA) is the landmark program of The American Legion’s National Commission on Children & Youth. TFA can provide financial assistance to help meet the basic needs of veterans’ children when it is established there are no other resources available to provide the required assistance.

For a family to be eligible for consideration, there are two basic requirements:

1. The veteran must have served a portion of their active duty during one of these dates:

   December 7, 1941 - December 31, 1946

   June 25, 1950 - January 31, 1955

   February 28, 1961 – May 7, 1975

   August 24, 1982 – July 31, 1984

   December 20, 1989 – January 31, 1990

   August 2, 1990 – Present

2. There must be children in the home under the age of 18. These children may be legitimate, step, legally adopted, or illegitimate with necessary proof of relationship provided.

For additional information you may go here: http://www.ialegion.org/temporary_financial_assistance.htm