Blackboard, a technology company providing online learning tools, and the Imagine America Foundation have announced they will team up to help veterans obtain civilian careers.

The company’s professional education division has made a commitment to support Imagine America’s IAF LDRSIHP award for the next five years.

The award, which was created in 2004, allows qualified current and former members of the military pursue degree programs or professional training through grants and counseling.

Veterans, reservists, active-duty or honorably discharged soldiers may apply for the program and use the award for tuition at any member of the Career College Association.

Tim Hill, president of Blackboard’s professional education division, said the partnership aims to benefit “the kid of students” that vocational and professional training programs serve, including “working adults, parents and military veterans…whose success will have a major impact on the health and future of our nation’s economy and workforce.”

The award is one of many initiatives the Imagine America Foundation has taken to help graduating high school seniors, adult learners and veterans pursue vocational programs that can help them begin their careers.

Current and former members of the military may consider enrolling in online degree programs, which can be completed at an individual’s convenience, to help ease the transition into the civilian job market.