Advocacy
Bipartisan Bill Would Fully Fund Impact Aid to Support Military-Connected Students
The program touches more than 1,000 school districts. Its budget has come up short since 1969.
As MOAA's Director of Government Relations for Veteran and Retired Affairs, Jen Goodale manages and develops relationships to advance legislative priorities on the Hill, with the Pentagon and the VA, and with other military and veterans service organizations. A Marine Corps veteran, she also advises MOAA's Currently Serving Spouse Advisory Council.
The program touches more than 1,000 school districts. Its budget has come up short since 1969.
The Defense-State Liaison Office’s 2026 to-do list targets child care, spouse employment, and more key issues.
This legislation will take a different path than most MOAA-backed bills, and your work as a constituent can make even more of a difference.
Some in uniform have been left out of these critical policy updates. That could change soon.
The House legislation would lower qualifying time to account for frequent PCS moves.
Most findings raise familiar concerns … and show why MOAA’s ongoing advocacy matters to military families.