Civilian Acquisition Workforce GS-12 through GS-15 or broadband/pay band equivalent.
Application period opens: October 1, 2026
Application period closes: November 12, 2026
February 1– September 1, 2027
The Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) is a retention incentive that helps civilian Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW) members in critical acquisition positions repay federally insured student loans. Selected employees may receive up to $10,000 per calendar year, with a lifetime maximum of $60,000, subject to funding availability. In some cases, program funds may also be applied to a child’s student loan when the employee is a cosigner.
Permanent civilian Army Acquisition Workforce members and Department of War (DoW) laboratories personnel appointed as Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRL) under Section 1109, FY16 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Section 11.A.3.f, 82 Federal Register 43339 who are flexible length or renewable term technical appointment employees (with 3 years left in term position) are eligible to apply under the following criteria:
Loans eligible for payment are those made, insured, or guaranteed under parts B, D, or E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 or a health education assistance loan made or insured under part A of title VII or part E of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act.
Loans made or insured under the Higher Education Act of 1965 include the following:
Although the student loan is not forgiven, if selected, payments will be made to the loan holder in a lump sum payment of up to a maximum of $10,000 for an employee in a calendar year, with a potential $60,000 lifetime maximum. You must apply to the civilian Army DACM Office SLRP each year and if selected, a new Service Agreement (SA) must be completed. Being accepted into the program one year does not guarantee acceptance in subsequent years. NOTE: Per federal law, an employee can only receive $10,000 per calendar year, with a potential $60,000 lifetime maximum towards student loan repayment. If you are currently receiving federal student loan repayment funding from your organization (or any other organization), you may apply to the civilian Army DACM Office SLRP for the difference between $10,000 and what you are currently receiving.
Although applicants can apply for the civilian Army DACM Office SLRP funding up to the maximum of $10,000, the amount approved can differ, based upon availability of funding.
An employee receiving the civilian Army DACM Office SLRP benefit must:
The application process is completed online in CAPPMIS (Career Acquisition Personnel and Position Management Information System) in AAPDS (Army Acquisition Professional Development System). AAPDS is where Army Acquisition civilian workforce members go to submit online applications to the Army DACM Office-sponsored training and education program opportunities.
In addition to the above process, please follow your local Chain of Command/Agency procedures provided by your Organization Acquisition Point of Contact (OAP), when applying for the SLRP.
NOTE: If you do not have access to CAPPMIS, you may not be a current civilian Army Acquisition Workforce member. Please submit a Workforce Management Inquiry ticket here and ask your assigned Acquisition Career Manager how to obtain access to CAPPMIS if you are eligible, but unable to login.
For command budget POCs (How to work SLRP funding)
The approved SLRP funding will be sent directly to the designated command budget POC of the approved SLRP recipient. All approved SLRP recipients will be asked to provide the name and email address of their designated command budget POC. In order to provide the approved SLRP funding, an established Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) element will need to be created and provided for the list of approved SLRP recipients by the designated command budget POC to the Army DACM Office SLRP PM. If there are multiple approved SLRP recipients in your organization, only one established WBS element is required to cover all approved SLRP recipients. Include the approved SLRP recipients’ names and the approved SLRP amount when you provide the established WBS element or Military Departmental Purchase Request (MIPR). If General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) is not utilized and a MIPR is required, please provide the organization’s Department Of Defense Activity Address Code (DODAAC) of the gaining organization. Please return the established WBS element or MIPR information to the Army DACM Office SLRP PM, who will review and forward to the Army DACM Office SLRP Budget Analyst for funding disbursement.
NOTE: Loan funding amount cannot exceed the original approved loan amount. Example: original approved amount was $5,000, therefore the requested amount cannot exceed $5,000.
The Army DACM Office will notify the designated command budget and HR POCs of the lump sum payment being disbursed via the established WBS element or MIPR. Once these funds are provided to the designated command budget POC, it is imperative that these funds are properly executed before the fiscal year expiration date.
NOTE: If the approved SLRP recipients’ funding is not paid to the lending institution before the fiscal year expiration date, the command may be responsible for those approved SLRP recipients’ funding.
For command HR POCs (How to work SLRP personnel actions)
In order for SLRP approved lump sum funding to begin, a completed and signed SA and processed SF-50 will need to be submitted to the approved SLRP recipients’ servicing Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), via remedy ticket. Every organization has a person responsible for submitting remedy tickets to DFAS. The process may be done in AutoNoa, if applicable.
If you do not use AutoNoa, you will need to create a Request for Personnel Action (RPA) using the information on the completed SA by the approved SLRP recipient, but retained by you and the SLRP recipient.
In the remarks section of the SF-50, please include “The approved SLRP amount is being paid in a lump sum payment”. Deduct the amount of taxes from the student loan repayment benefits before the balance is issued as a loan repayment to the holder of the loan. Note: The Nature of Action code for block 5a of the RPA is NOAC “817″ (Student Loan Repayment).
If an approved SLRP recipient should consider another position within or outside of the Department of the Army, it is the responsibility of the approved SLRP recipient, SLRP recipient’s supervisor, the designated command budget and/or HR POCs to notify the Army DACM Office SLRP PM before the approved SLRP recipient’s departure for further SLRP instructions and guidance.
Additional information on completing the SA and processing the SF-50 personnel action of the approved SLRP recipient will be provided in an email by the Army DACM Office SLRP PM. Each approved SLRP recipient within your command is required to complete and sign a new SA with you. This SA is a three-year agreement that will begin when the lump sum payment is provided to the designated command budget POC. Example: Lump sum payment is provided to the designated command budget POC on April 5, 2027, service agreement dates should be April 5, 2027, to April 5, 2030.
NOTE: Process the SA and SLRP personnel action only after the designated command budget POCs have received the funding from the Army DACM Office.
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Your Organizational Budget POC is the person in your organization’s Resource Management Office responsible for handling salaries and payroll.
There are no options. All SLRP awards are paid via lump sum payment to the lending institution.
The Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) will deduct taxes from the funded SLRP award before payment is sent to the lending institution.
No, the Army DACM Office SLRP will NOT pay any money towards federal student loans in default.
Yes. You may apply to the Army DACM Office SLRP if your federal student loans are in forbearance.
Your Organizational HR POC is the person in your organization’s G1 office that is responsible for HR SLRP actions.
To find your federal tax identification number (EIN), log in to your specific federal loan servicer’s portal (such as Aidvantage or MOHELA) to download your annual Student Loan Interest Statement (Form 1098-E). The lender’s federal tax ID number is printed at the top of this form. If you are unsure who manages your loans, log into your StudentAid.gov account to view your assigned loan servicer.
Screen shots or printed documents from your lending institution account are accepted federal student loan documentation. The information you upload must reflect your name, account number, outstanding federal student loan balance, lending institution’s name, and current ‘as of’ date.
Yes. You can enter a max of 3 federal student loans to be repaid. The maximum total award cannot exceed $10,000.
Federal employees, by law, can only receive $10,000 per calendar year towards student loan repayment. As long as you are not receiving $10,000 per calendar year from the other organization, you may apply to Army DACM Office’s SLRP for the difference between $10,000 and what you are currently receiving.
Darrell Whitehurst
SLRP Program Manager
Army DACM Office
520-671-0145
Email: darrell.e.whitehurst.civ@army.mil
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