Student Reimbursement Policy

As part of our commitment to helping justice-involved and low-income students succeed, Emerge Career offers financial support for key expenses like DOT Physicals, CLP exams, and license reinstatement.

Our goal is to support you in getting a second chance in your career. To ensure fairness and sustainability, we follow clear guidelines on what we cover and when.

General Guidelines

CDL permit exam reimbursements are processed automatically. Submit your receipt, and if everything checks out, you’ll get your gift card within minutes. Other reimbursement types (DOT physicals, license reinstatement, upfront requests) are reviewed by our team and processed weekly on Fridays before 5pm EST.

You’ll get a text and email when your reimbursement is approved or rejected. If approved, the message includes your gift card details. If rejected, we’ll tell you why and what to fix.

You must be conditionally enrolled and meet all eligibility criteria. You must be able to sustain yourself during trucking school, whether through savings, family support, or a job that fits your class schedule.

Reimbursements are processed via Tremendous. You can find your reimbursements by following these directions.

Apply for Support

• Click Here for Upfront Reimbursement Request
• Click Here for License Reinstatement Support

DOT Physical Reimbursements

We reimburse DOT Physicals for conditionally enrolled students on track to join our ongoing trucking school cohort. These are reviewed by our team and processed weekly.

We regularly project how many students with completed DOTs will progress to enrollment. If there are more students with DOTs in-hand than cohort seats, we may pause DOT reimbursements early.

You’ll still be eligible when the next cohort begins if you’re still actively participating. If you complete your DOT Physical after reimbursements were paused but still enroll in an active cohort, we will reimburse you before your start date.

You’ll receive an announcement (email, banner, and text) if we pause reimbursements. A one-week grace period applies.

CLP Exam Reimbursements

We reimburse CDL permit exam attempts for conditionally enrolled students as long as seats remain in an ongoing cohort. Submit your receipt and you’ll get your gift card automatically — usually within minutes.

Once the cohort fills, we’ll send an announcement and apply a 1-week buffer before pausing. After that, you’ll need to wait for the next cohort and be actively participating to receive reimbursements.

Upfront Reimbursements (Case-by-Case)

We may offer support before your appointment (for DOT or CLP) if:

• You submit a form explaining your situation
• You include proof of a scheduled appointment
• You’ve submitted receipts for all previous upfront reimbursements and followed through on the steps you were provided financial support for

For CLP attempts, if we’ve already covered 2 exam attempts and you haven’t passed any sections, we may not approve a third upfront payment.

Complete this form for upfront financial support: Reimbursement-in-Advance Form

License Reinstatement Support

We may cover up to $300 toward reinstating your license if:

• You submit a form explaining your situation, including proof of your inactive license
• There are cohort seats remaining
• You’ve finished the course
• Your only barrier to progressing is an inactive license

If you owe more than $300, you’ll need to reduce the amount owed before we can assist. We’ll also ask why your license was suspended to make sure there are no unresolved issues.

Complete this form: License Reinstatement Assistance Form

Special Notes

If you were rejected or put on hold after making an expense related to becoming a CDL truck-driver through Emerge Career, we may still reimburse you — but only if:

• You were conditionally enrolled at the time of the expense
• You reach out and flag the request (we won’t catch these automatically)

Questions?

Reach out to support@emergecareer.com or your Success Coach.

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