The Department of Defense announced this morning that it is reinstating the popular My Career Account program that provided up to $6000 of educational benefits to military spouses.  The program will resume this Saturday but only for those spouses who already part of the program.  New applicants won't be allowed until the Department of Defense develops a long range plan for, presumably, funding and administering the program.

Members of Blue Star Families worked hard to get the word out about how military spouses were being harmed by the abrupt halt of the MyCAA program, holding a roundtable with Congressman Glenn Nye (D-Va) of the Congressional Military Families Caucus.  The CMFC was instrumental in getting the program reinstated.  Congressman Glenn Nye says that Congress will continue to work with DoD to ensure that the program is available to all military spouses in the future.

Here is a news story from Channel 13 News in Hampton Roads about the resumption of the MyCAA program.  BSF member Chris Cowan talks about how the MyCAA program helps military spouses continue careers, despite the frequent moves required by the military life.

All those military spouses out there who fought for this program should pat themselves on the back!  You did this.  Together we can change the world.