Military spouse tuition program returns, with restrictions
An education-assistance program for military spouses that was suspended in February will resume in a scaled-back form this fall. The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts program, or MyCAA, will provide tuition of up to $4,000 — down from $6,000 — for spouses of junior service members to train for portable careers, work that can endure frequent military moves.
Kitsap Sun
BREMERTON — An education-assistance program for military spouses that proved too popular for its own goodwill resume in a scaled-back form this fall.
The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts program, or MyCAA, had 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
