Military Spouse Scholarship Program & Education Benefits
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Scholarships for College for Military Spouses
Aug 31st
I’ve received lots of email asking about if there were any scholarships for college for military spouses. In this post, I would like to explain about what scholarships military spouses could use for their college tuition and how to apply for them.
Facts about MyCAA (Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts)
Aug 23rd
Facts about MyCAA (Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts)
- The MyCAA program began in November 2007 as a joint initiative between the Department of Defense and the Department of Labor and was initially available to spouses of junior enlisted members
- In 2009 the program was extended to include all spouses. Applicants were able to use up to $6,000 to pursue education that would help them attain employment in portable professions.
- There were approximately 136,000 spouses have enrolled in MyCAA until late 2009.
- MyCAA program was closed to new spouses in February, 2010 while it assessed its original purpose to offer education that would allow for portable careers.
- With the new plan, spouses will be eligible if their husbands are in pay grades E1-E5, the lower five of nine enlisted grades, or if their husbands are W1-W2, O1 or O2, the lower ranks of warrant and commissioned officers.
- However, The programs will be limited to associate degrees, certification and licensures, and the amount has been lowered to $4,000.
- Offer a maximum financial benefit of $4,000 with a fiscal year cap of $2,000. Waivers will be available for spouses pursuing licensure or certification up to the total maximum assistance of $4,000
- DoD will be accepting new application for MyCAA from October 25, 2010
Prepare for your MyCAA program before it is too late. - Click here to see more about Military Spouse Career Advancement Account.
Military Spouse Residency Relief Act
Aug 9th
Military Spouse Residency Relief Act
The 2009 Military Spouses Residency Relief Act, signed into law on November 11, 2009, is intended to lessen the state income tax filing burden on military families.
The new law says the non-military spouse can now retain the same home state of record/state of residence as the military spouse, as long as the non-military spouse’s sole reason for leaving that state was due to a permanent change of station (PCS) for the military spouse. For more details see Military Spouse Residency Relief Act Signed by President Obama, Aids Military Spouses, or contact your local military legal office.
- The MSRRA changes some basic rules of taxation with respect to military spouses
- 1) earn income from services performed in a State in which the spouse is present with their Service member (SM) pursuant to military orders and
- 2) that State is not the spouse’s domicile (legal residence). Under these conditions, the military spouse generally will not have to pay income taxes to that State. Depending on the laws of the domiciliary State, the spouse may be required to pay income tax to the domiciliary State.
- The law is complicated and fact specific, and because its effect will depend on the interpretations of each of the States, SMs and their spouses are encouraged to seek free, confidential advice from a legal assistance office. Legal assistance offices can be found at http://legalassistance.law.af.mil/content/locator.php . More >
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Military Spouse Friendly Schools
Aug 3rd
Things that you need to consider before choosing any schools or colleges for your spouses.
Lots of military related publishers put Allied American University on the Top of the Military Friendly Schools list that Allied American University offer additional benefits to student veterans such as free transcript evaluation and military designated support department. They recognized AAU for its effort to provide a military friendly education to service members and their spouses nationwide. Allied American University continually strives to tailor the educational experience to accommodate their unique learning needs and foster academic achievement. AAU offers online college courses in Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Criminal Justice and General Studies. Check out to see more detail about Military Spouse Friendly School.
AAU will assess military course completion and military occupational experience listed on AARTS, SMART, CCAF and CGI transcripts to apply the maximum allowable transfer credit recommended by the Academic Council on Education (ACE). AAU also accepts credit-by-examination for AP, CLEP, DLPT, DSST, ECE and others.
Now, since DOD is accepting new transferable G.I. Bill, military spouses now enables to enroll college courses with their tuition assistance programs.
MyCAA News
Jul 28th
Following She of the Sea’s post below announcing the relaunch of the popular MyCAA program, there’s been a flurry of conversation about the revamped program.
MOAA issued a press release, which reads, in part:
The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) has expressed strong disagreement with the Pentagon’s July 20 decision to severely limit military spouses’ eligibility for the wildly popular My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) program
When the program was first announced last year, spouses were extraordinarily enthusiastic and grateful that the Defense Department was finally acknowledging it had some obligation to help them ease their own personal sacrifices,” Strobridge said. “That’s why they were so angry when the program was suspended in February, because they saw Defense leaders as backtracking on the only funded career program they ever had.”
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“The reopening of the program in March offered a renewed ray of hope, but now this new restriction yanks the rug out from under career spouses yet again,” Strobridge said.
“MOAA believes longer-serving spouses deserve fairer treatment, and we’ll be asking Congress to help them get it.”
Full release can be read here.
Military One Source’s MyCAA page can be found here.
militaryspousescholarships.com/blog/2010/02/what-is-going-on-with-mycaa.html”>Click here to see a comprehensive post which details the issues and timeline surrounding the abrupt closing of the program earlier this year.
Lots of chatter on twitter re MyCAA. And by the way, we recently joined the twitterverse and are looking each day to reach and interact with milspouses on twitter. If you have a twitter account, let us know by leaving it in the comment section or
Military Spouse Tuition Assistance Program Resumed!
Jul 26th
It’s a such a great new for all military spouses – The MYCAA program will be resumed on Oct. 25 2010.
An education- tuition assistance program for military spouses that proved too popular for its own good will resume in a scaled-back form this fall.
MyCAA
The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts program, or MyCAA, provided tuition of up to $6,000 for any military spouse to train for a portable career, one capable of enduring frequent military moves. The program was abruptly “paused” on Feb. 16 after a surge of applications threatened to drain its budget.
When it returns on Oct. 25, benefits will top out at $4,000, only spouses of junior service members – E1-E5, W1-W2 and O1-O2 – will be eligible, and they will be restricted to pursuing associate’s degrees, certificates and licenses. Of the 136,000 spouses participating in the program, 74,000 will no longer be eligible. A career counselor with Military OneSource, which runs the program, must approve each request.
The Military Officers Association of America strongly opposed the new restrictions.
“Limiting it mostly to spouses of first-term personnel – many of whom won’t stay for military careers – seems to miss the whole point,” said retired Air Force Col. Steve Strobridge, MOAA government relations director. “Allowing coverage for courses leading to associate’s degrees but not bachelor’s or master’s degrees that are essential for nursing, teaching and other portable careers seems equally incongruous.”
When MyCAA was shut down, about 44,000 of the 137,000 spouses enrolled were using the funds to pay for a bachelor’s degree or higher, said Air Force Lt. Col. April Cunningham, a Pentagon spokeswoman.
The program, which began in March 2009, was accepting about 10,000 new applicants a month and had reached a total of about 100,000. Then, in January alone, 70,000 were added, and 25,000 more during the first half of February. The plug was pulled.
An earlier iteration of the program was run by the state’s WorkSource agency and was also aimed at spouses of junior service members. Only those seeking certificate programs were eligible. When the Department of Defense took it over, it broadened eligibility.
When the program was paused, the DOD failed to promptly notify participants, angering many and leaving plans in limbo. Spouses set up a Facebook page titled “Take Action Against MyCAA Shutdown” that attracted more than 2,800 members. The program was reinstated in March to those who were already enrolled, but nobody else was allowed in.
Miles guessed that OC will have fewer MyCAA participants simply because a smaller number of spouses are eligible and there’ll be less money available.
National Guard Child Care Subsidy Program
Jun 8th
The National Guard is working to assist spouses and family members with the cost of child care during deployment. Guard and Reserve members who are in Title 10 status are eligible to receive a subsidy to use off-post child care.
The National Guard Child Care Subsidy Program is coordinated through the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA). The amount of the subsidy is based on total family income, the number of children and type of child care needed. The minimum monthly pay out is $100 per child per month.
A call center has also been set up to help Guardmembers navigate the paperwork and process of receiving the subsidy. For more information on the program visit the National Guard Family Program’s website at http://www.guardfamily.org or call 1-888-642-2799.
Letter to Hilary Clinton: Opinion about Accident of PCC-772
May 26th
I came across a website has a letter to Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State.
Dear Hillary Clinton U.S. Secretary of State,
Welcome to Korea and I hope you could have a good chance to discuss the Peace in East Asia including Korean Peninsula.
I am S.C. Shin, a civil investigator recommended by Korean National Assembly for the sinking of Cheonan and I’m writing this letter to let you know the truth exactly here in Korea.
I have graduated Korea Maritime University in 1982, served 2 years in Navy as a sailing & gunnery officer, worked for Hanjin Shipping on a containership regular line between Far East & West coast of U.S as a navigator for several years and experienced shipbuilding inspect affair for 7 years in Major Shipyards in Korea such as Hyundai, Samsung, Daewoo and Hanjin Heavy Industry.
VA Mortgage Center.com would like to announce that our scholarship program is open for submissions!
Apr 26th
VA Mortgage Center.com would like to announce that our scholarship program is open for submissions!
The Military Education Scholarship Program was started in May of 2007. VA Mortgage Center.com is the nation’s number 1 dedicated VA Loan Lender in the nation and VAMC wanted to give something back.
While looking for ways to give back to those that served or are going to serve, VAMC decided that it would set up its own scholarship program. The scholarship was set up for students in ROTC programs, veterans, reservists, military children, and military spouses.
What started out with 2 scholarships awarded and now the program has grown to 5 scholarships for $1500 each!
Military Spouse Friendly Colleges and Schools
Apr 14th
As a military spouse, you may be eligible for education benefits through the following education resources:
- Scholarships, Grants, and Discounts
- Transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits
- Tuition assistance and financial aid through service organizations
A few important criteria to choose top military spouse friendly schools are whether they offer MyCAA, and online programs and college degree where spouses can study their education at a comfort home.
- Allied American University
- Everest College
- Westwood College
- UOP
- Walden University
- Fremont College
- Grantham University
