AER provides:

Help with emergency financial needs for:

• Food, rent or utilities
• Emergency transportation and vehicle repair
• Funeral expenses
• Medical/dental expenses
• Personal needs when pay is delayed or stolen
• Give undergraduate-level education scholarships, based primarily on financial need, to children of soldiers

AER does not provide funds:

• For nonessentials
• To finance ordinary leave or vacation
• To pay fines or legal expenses
• to liquidate or consolidate debt
• For purchase of home or home improvements
• To purchase, rent or lease vehicle
• To cover bad checks or pay credit card bills