Suspension of education benefit for military spouses
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 01:18PM Dr. Randy Plunkett, who is National Director of Military Affairs for DeVry University, has alerted us to the sudden suspension of the MyCAA program (Department of Defense Military Spouse Career Advancement Account), which enabled spouses to apply for up to $6,000 in financial assistant for education, training, licensing, or certification for their portable careers.
Randy, who retired from the Air Force as a Senior Master Sergeant, wrote us as follows:
“I was shocked to learn that the DOD has suspended the Career Advancement
Account program. This program supplies $6000 to spouses of active duty
members so they can use it toward a degree, a certificate, or training
that will help them get a career that is transportable so when they
change duty stations, they can still be marketable for work in their new
location. I am very concerned for the 98,000 spouses who are using the program.
Here is an Article on the feelings of spouses concerning the suspension
of MyCAA - I would not like to be the person who makes this group mad!
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/mycaa-program-suspended-no-notice-disrupts-milspouses-ability-go-school
The embedded links show the official announcements from the Department
of Defense.
The whole no notice timing of this is frustrating and wrong in my opinion. These spouses have no recourse..how can they start their next semester, session, or summer school?”
Good question from Randy.