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Program Suspended for Military Spouses

KNSD-TV, San Diego, Calif.)

February 26, 2010

Local officials and service members are reacting to the Department of Defense's decision to abruptly suspended a program that offered military spouses as much as $6,000 for college or career training. The federal government said there was too much demand after nearly 100,000 people were enrolled and another 38,000 had applied for the program. The program, called Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts or MyCAA, started in March 2009.

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