The My Career Advancement Account聽Scholarship is a workforce development聽program that provides up to $4,000 of聽tuition assistance to eligible military聽spouses. The scholarship assists聽military spouses in pursuing licenses,聽certifications or associate degrees聽necessary to gain employment in an聽occupation or career field. Spouses聽may use their My Career Advancement聽Account Scholarship funds at any聽academic institution approved for聽participation in the scholarship.
The My Career Advancement聽Account Scholarship provides聽a maximum tuition benefit聽of $4,000 with an annual fiscal聽year cap of $2,000 to assist聽eligible military spouses who need聽professional credentials to meet their聽career goals. Annual cap waivers are聽available for licensure and certificate聽programs if there is an upfront聽tuition cost that exceeds $2,000,聽up to the maximum education聽benefit of $4,000.
Who is eligible for the My Career Advancement聽Account Scholarship?
Spouses of service members on active duty in pay grades E-1 to E-5, W-1聽to W-2 and O-1 to O-2 who have successfully completed high school and聽have the ability to request tuition assistance while their military sponsor is聽on Title 10 military orders are eligible. Spouses married to members of the聽National Guard and reserves in these same pay grades are eligible.
Those who are not eligible include the following:
鈥� Spouses who are married but legally separated, or under court order or聽statute of any state or U.S. territory, from a member of the armed forces聽on Title 10 orders
鈥� Spouses whose National Guard or reserves military sponsor is in a聽warning orders or alert, post-deployment, demobilization or transition聽status
The My Career Advancement Account Scholarship聽will NOT pay for the following:
鈥� Tuition for courses and examinations not included in the spouse鈥檚聽Education and Training Plan and courses already started or completed聽by the spouse
鈥� Reimbursements of any kind
鈥� Books, supplies, equipment, uniforms, computers and electronic聽devices of any kind
鈥� Student activities, events and entertainment
鈥� Prepayment or deposits for future courses, unless costs聽are part of a block of study
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