The lastest (DoD) Fuck You to military dependents

[unhappycamper]

Enrollment surge forced tuition program to halt
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Mar 2, 2010 17:18:04 EST

An abrupt sixfold increase in the number of military spouses enrolling in the My Career Advancement Account program caused the sudden halt of the program Feb. 16, according to a defense official.

About 95,000 spouses enrolled in the first six weeks of the year for a program that, until then, rarely received more than 10,000 applications a month. The spike overwhelmed the system and threatened to drain the program’s budget, said Tommy Thomas, deputy undersecretary of defense for military community and family policy.

Military spouses — who were depending on the program to help pay for classes for which they already had registered — could not be told about the shutdown ahead of time because “given the gravity of the situation, there was no time for a warning,” Pentagon spokeswoman Air Force Maj. April Cunningham said.

The online MyCAA program provides up to $6,000 in tuition assistance to help spouses pursue education, training, licenses, certificates and degrees leading to portable careers.

Thomas said the halt is temporary and “was done in the best interest of all.” Officials said they hope to resume the program in several months, though no date has been set.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/03/military_spousetuition_update_030210w/

[Captain Hilts]

1. This is a BRILLIANT program, but HUGE enrollment made it impossible to manage, evidently. We

need to make sure it gets fired up again.

Military spouses and kids are often in states where they are not residents, so college can often cost them much more than civilians.

And military wives have a rough go of getting a decent job because folks don't want to hire someone who will be there for only a year or two. It limits your alternatives.

[ashling]

4. My daughter is in that dilemma

nt

[babylonsister]

2. How is this a FU?

They don't have the resources to handle the demand. I hope they're working on getting up to speed, but another federal paperwork gagglefuck isn't in anyone's interests either.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R