Military Spouses: Advance Your Career with ACE!

Get tuition assistance for your ACE Certification and continuing education programs with the MyCAA Scholarship

What is the MyCAA Scholarship?

The My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) Scholarship is a workforce development program that provides up to $4,000 of tuition assistance to eligible military spouses. The scholarship helps military spouses pursue licenses, certificates, certifications (like those offered by ACE!) or associate degrees necessary to gain employment in high demand, high growth portable career fields and occupations.

See if you're eligible


What are the steps to get started?

  1. Create a My ACE Account.
  2. Submit your information through the form on this page to receive your personalized education plan from ACE.
  3. Submit your ACE personalized education plan to MyCAA.
  4. Submit MyCAA’s approval financial assistance (FA) documents to your ACE MyCAA representative.


What ACE programs are covered?

All NCCA-accredited certification programs offered by ACE – Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor and Health Coach – are fully covered under the MyCAA Scholarship. This includes all study materials and exam fees.

View ACE Certification programs


Additionally, to help support eligible spouses in their continuing education studies, ACE Specialist programs are also covered. 

View ACE Specialist programs


By getting your certification or continuing education through ACE, you will be well positioned to make a living doing what you love, no matter where you live. ACE prepares you with the best, evidence-based curriculum and provides you support through your entire career as a health and exercise professional.

Start yourMyCAA applicationtoday!

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