Leslie Coffey ⋅ New York, NY American Corporate Partners ⋅ 1 years experience

Hi Jessica,

Have you looked into IVMF's Onward to Opportunity? No need to use your GI Bill for their services as they are grant funded. You can find the PMP pathway here https://ivmf.syracuse.edu/programs/career-training/learning-pathways/

This is the application and reviews eligibility. Good luck! https://ivmf.syracuse.edu/programs/career-training/o2o-admission/onward-to-opportunity-application/

Sasibhushan Rao Chanthati ⋅ Owings Mills, MD T. Rowe Price Associates INC ⋅ 7 years experience

Hello Jessica,
Hope you are doing well. Master of Project Academy is offering free PMP training. The training is online and totally free. Try the below website link.
https://masterofproject.com/p/pmp-how-to-apply-for-pmp

Johh McNeirney ⋅ Lorton, VA ASRC Federal ⋅ 15 years experience

Hi Jessica, connect via LinkedIn.

Mark Freeman ⋅ Tampa, FL U.S. Army, Specialist ⋅ 2 years served

Hi Jessica,
ACT Now Education has a program that will help you obtain your PMP for free. You must attend an orientation to be eligible. They will also connect you with other Veterans who are transitioning, too, who can help you through the process.

To learn more, go to https://actnoweducation.org/

Keith Cassant ⋅ Virginia Beach, VA Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency ⋅ 4 years experience

Leslie Coffey beat me to it, so please allow me to endorse her answer. IVMF's Onward to Opportunity is an amazing program and absolutely a phenomenal resource to leverage!

Amit Chaudhary ⋅ San Jose, CA Doordash, Silicon Valley Software Company ⋅ 20 years experience

Others have given good resources, beyond those.

An additional suggestion for better readiness, beyond the certification, plan and be ready for which positions and sectors you will be targeting, it might lead to other additional skills requirements such as Scrum Master.
To find positions and backgrounds, one approach, on linkedin search for titles and company names in your vicinity, then see the path these folks in your target role took.

Feel free to DM me if any questions or want to run ideas, we can do a 20-30 minute zoom.

Richard Byrne ⋅ Hillsborough, NJ Intel Corporation ⋅ 53 years experience

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/pmp-exam-prep/

"7 Best PMP Exam Prep Courses"
https://crushthepmexam.com/pmp-online-training/

https://medium.com/javarevisited/5-best-pmp-certification-courses-and-practice-tests-to-become-a-project-management-professional-in-8c0e7c574995

I've added links to PM information & videos under this section of my EE webpage:
http://eehot.com/ee.html#pm

ACP AdvisorNet Staff ⋅ New York, NY ⋅ 10 years experience

Hi Jessica,

Thank you for asking a great question! According to military.com, the VA may cover a portion of the cost with GI Bill benefits, https://www.military.com/education/gi-bill/online-certificate-programs-offer-option-for-military-students.html. This may be useful for comparing benefits and seeing what the GI Bill will cover, https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/.

Best,