Contributions by Ashlynne Haycock-Lohmann

Listen to TAPS Statement regarding Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for high school students, graduates & claims processing delays.

Listen to testimony on passing legislation to allow surviving spouses to retain their benefits following remarriage and fix educational compensation issues.

TAPS is leading the charge on Capitol Hill to introduce and pass legislation to allow surviving spouses to maintain benefits upon remarriage at any age.

Video discussion on how the TAPS policy team is advocating for you on Capitol Hill on a variety of issues from remarriage to toxic exposure.

TAPS Deputy Director of Policy and Legislation explains what the widow's tax is and the importance of passing legislation to fix the issue.

There are a variety of education benefits and scholarships that military survivors can take advantage of to make college more affordable.

As I testified before Congress advocating on a bill to expand GI Bill benefits, all I could think about was how much my mom would have enjoyed being there.

TAPS Education Support Services is available to help you throughout the college and scholarship application process.

Even though the process did not occur in any prescribed order or in the way some say it should have, I felt I reached important milestones in my grief journey.

I could physically feel her presence there, and I know that those tickets were a gift from her.

On September 30, 2014, TAPS launched the Military Survivor Education Support Services Program at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

In 2002 I lost my dad while he was training to deploy to Iraq. I was ten years old. College was the last thing on my mind and not high on my mother's priority list.