Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Program

What’s New?

2009-10

Payment processing for the 2009-10 IVG Program begins on July 17, 2009.  Payment claims can be submitted via IVG Online Payment at My Zone or via File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

2009-10 tuition and fees are to be used when claiming payment for summer 2009, since the summer term leads the academic year for the IVG Program. Summer term claims are due on or before September 15, 2009.

IVG payment claim processing for the fall term will begin on September 16, 2009 and are due on or before January 15, 2010. The start date for spring term claims processing is January 16, 2010 and are due on or before May 25, 2010. Schools will receive a response of "F - Future Claim" for payment requests submitted prior to the term's processing start date. These claims will be held at ISAC and then automatically processed when payment processing for that term begins (i.e., September 16th for fall term or January 16th for spring term)

What is available in IVG at My Zone?

When the Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Program is selected from the My Zone Program Selection screen, the first screen that displays is the IVG Eligibility: Filter.  The left side menu has been expanded to include Views, Reports and File Extract with additional options within each function. The pages that discuss IVG in My Zone are separated by eligibility, online payment and reports.

IVG Eligibility at My Zone 

IVG eligibility data is available to view online in the Student Info view at My Zone. Colleges can monitor whether a veteran has remaining IVG eligibility and view a complete payment history for all veterans on record that can be sorted in both a Social Security Number (SSN) order and in alpha order

IVG Online Payment at My Zone 

The IVG Online Payment allows colleges to submit IVG Program payment requests via the My Zone portal as well as via File Transfer Protocol (FTP). IVG Online Payment at My Zone is a secure, electronic method and is and is available daily from 7 a.m. through 7 p.m. (CT).

• Payment List
   
  The Payment List option provides access to several screens used to create a list of students to include in an IVG claim, the ability to complete and submit claims online using the Claim Detail screen, and the ability to view and screen print IVG claim history via the School Claim History: View.
   
• School Claim List
   
  Colleges can identify the term and academic year and define columns to display a list of students included in a previous claim. The list can be used to claim payment for a subsequent term, make corrections or replacement claims or view the payment claim history for the students included in the School Claim List.
   
• Payment Results File
   
  IVG payment results for payment requests submitted online or via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is available to retrieve from the File Extract option in the left menu.

IVG Reports at My Zone 

Two different types of IVG reports available at My Zone are: user-defined reports and pre-defined Payment Results reports.  User-Defined reports are generated from eligibility data based on criteria identified by the user and can be requested at any time.  The pre-defined reports (Payment Claim reports and Invoice reports) are available to retrieve the day after payment claims are processed.  Both types of reports can be viewed online, printed or saved on a desktop in a Portable Document Format (PDF). 

IVG Online User Guide

The IVG Online User Guide is broken into chapters that are in PDF files that can be viewed online, printed or saved to your desktop for future reference. Click on the Table of Contents link below for a list of the topics included in each chapter or click on the link to a particular chapter.

Table of Content
Chapter 1 – Accessing IVG Online
Chapter 2 – Views
Chapter 3 – Reports
Chapter 4 – File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Chapter 5 – File Extract

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