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| | Patriot Plan: Benefits of the New Patriot Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | MERIT Scholarship program makes scholarships available to military personnel, their spouses, children and financial dependents for military personnel who are residents of New York State and have either died, been declared missing or become permanently and severely disabled during active duty. |
 | | Applies to personnel injured or disabled on federal or state active duty; however, death or disability of a service member must have been incurred in a combat theater or combat zone of operations or while training in preparation for duty in a combat theater. |
 | | The allowance is a state allotment of not more than $6,000 paid to the surviving spouse, domestic partner, adult children, parents, or other family member of the deceased, based on who paid the cost of the funeral and burial. |
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