Curious about a Nursing assistant job/career, in need of some advice!

[Dezzydoll]

Well, Hello everyone! I have been searching for a career the past few years that would be fitting for me. I've taken some time to look into a job as a CNA and have fallen in love with the thought. However, I'm a young mother of 2 with almost no money to put towards my education. While I know that there are community colleges where I could get a grant, the one near me has limited enrollment for their nursing assistant classes, and is no longer accepting anyone.

I just can't wait around for a year.

Don't take it the wrong way, I'm still applying for other jobs to work my way into the field, I guess I should just get to the point though..

Are there ways for someone to get tuition assistance or even training paid for in Arizona to become a CNA?

I've been hunting online and everything I find sends me to a technical school (almost all have terrible ratings, I would rather wait than risk not getting certified because the school can't find an externship even if it's promised) or suggests calling around to local long term care facilities to see if they'll train someone (the only one in my city that does requires an employee to already be certified, and I'm not quite sure how to go about that conversation)

Any information at all would be really helpful.

[hopefulprayers1]

Like what Proton said, I know there are certain facilities that will hire you without training, pay you a small wage and in two weeks you'd complete your training and then get tested. These programs are fulltime. They have some ltc's that offer this option and to apply to the program you'd just apply for employment

[betm, CNA]

I know there are places that do on-the-job training where you either get paid for employer-based education or you train without pay for the duration of the education. The Good Samaritan facilities in my area will train you but it's not paid. There is a state job that I'm looking at which requires you to have CNA training; if you don't have it, you get paid training through the facility.