I have two questions: my daughter is in college and working and struggling to make ends meet and her husband is on unemployment/layed off...can she still qualify for this ? Next, Can I apply. I had planned to take computer classes, ie microsoft courses?

Nikki - there should be an abundance of information available through your Base Education Office or Family Support Center. There is more than likely more than one college or University offering classes right there on the base. In that you are a military spouse, any programs such as this should be treating you as if you were on Main Street USA, if they are not, SPEAK UP!!! Good luck to you...and thanks to you and your husband for your service and sacrifice. God bless you.

My family recently relocated due to my spouse's job. I had to leave the job I had at the time. With today's economy it is hard to find a job without a degree. I have great experience but that doesn't always cut it. I want to go back to school to get a degree but finding the money to go and not have to work is very difficult. I have a student loan that is currently being paid on in a rehabilitation program and along with that and many other bills I do not see a clear path to getting into school without a job. However I am having a hard time finding a job because of the lack of a degree. I suppose I am in a catch 22 situation and need a little direction.

I'm a work-from-home mom raising 4 kids. I recently started college online in May '09. While I did qualify for a loan and a grant, my fear now is there won't be enough money to finish school. I have to get a Masters in my field of study for the job I am after. There is no way I can afford college on my own. What's the best thing I can do?

I am interested in going to school to become a nurse. I am 43 years old, married with two sons. My husband has been very ill for a very long time which has made life very difficult. He has had eight surgeries in three and a half years with four of them having to do with the nerves in his brain. I defaulted on a student loan from 1991 and have to face the consequences as a result, but I do not want this to stop me from getting help to continue my education in nursing. Many times I have been asked which hospital do I work at due to my extensive knowledge of the human body and illnesses. Jason, my husband, has had eighteen surgeries in twenty four years starting at sixteen, and the last one being last Friday. He has another big surgery coming up in eight weeks. If I can get a scholarship or a grant to go to nursing school that would be great. Assabet Valley Vocational High School in Marlborough, MA has a LPN program that is full time, thirty hours a week, and in ten months I could be certified as a LPN. Then I could continue my studies and become a registered nurse which I would love. I could contribute to society in a such a positive way, I just know it. No matter what, the next ten months of my life are going to go by, I might as well be in school and have a degree at the end of ten months so that I can better the lives of me and my family.