An Assessment of Education and Employment Goals and Barriers Facing Military Spouses Eligible for MyCAA

Recommendations

•Continuously promote the MyCAA program.
•Coordinate with the four military services to make sure that promotional activities for MyCAA target all eligible pay grades.
•Through career counselors at Military OneSource's Military Spouse Career Center (MSCC), ensure that spouses are aware of resources that can help them manage competing responsibilities so that they can benefit from MyCAA scholarships.
•Help spouses who contact MyCAA or MSCC identify other educational financial aid opportunities.
•Help spouses explore whether online classes could help with challenges to accessing education.
•Have career counselors reach out to recent MyCAA graduates to assist them with job searches.
•Investigate whether military child care options can be aligned to meet the needs of spouses in school, whose schedules may shift with each new school term.
•Investigate whether MyCAA partner schools that offer on-site child care would be willing to offer discounts, scholarships, or space priority to MyCAA recipients.
•Connect MyCAA participants with opportunities for internships while they are still in school.

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