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"We" because we are both researching options for her. She's contacting schools and I'm doing research online, so we're kind of a team here trying to find a solution. I do agree the testing out is probably just CLEP tests for gen end which we could do on own on. But their program also appears to bypass the wait lists at other schools. So that's what we're going to ask. I know Achieve is not a school but more of a counselor type deal, but if they have a way of getting us (sorry, her) to the front of the line, then it's worth the price. But will talk to them next week and find out.

Appreciate all the feedback. Made some notes on things to talk to the advisor about and will see what they say. Agree with everyone that best route is to take Gen ED at local community college but what Achieve is saying is for the basic courses she can test out, so basically take a fresher training and in a couple months test out of most of the Gen ED, then can focus on taking the more complex courses. But will definitely at least talk to the local community college to see our options there. Especially if we can take some courses as a non-matriculated student, so should be able to avoid extra long wait lists by doing that. As far as the interest, she actually was studying to be an RN over 10 years go but life happened (3 kids) and she had been doing stay at home Mom work since then. Now that the kids are in the public school system, it was a good time to expand from CNA to RN. She has also shadowed under various under RN's and is very interested in becoming a RN. Will see how the call goes with Achieve and will let you know what they say.

Thanks for the feedback. So are there any accelerated RN programs that are legit? Since most of the regular schools have a significant wait list, there is nothing we can take now (even for regular gen-ED) so we are willing to pay a premium to get started now, while we currently have free time.

Hello, my wife who is a CNA is interested in using Achieve for an accelerated RN program. The wait lists for regular schools/colleges are 1+years out so being able to start now is a plus. She never completed college and only took a handful of courses. After speaking to an Achieve counselor, the way the program works is they gave a list of classes that she can immediately test out of by, and then take about 5 other courses at the local community college, although its not taking a full course. It's more of attending once a week with a professor they coordinated with and the class isn't as long as a typical college class. This allows the flexibility to still work full time while taking these courses. Then after getting through those, there are RN specific courses to take that follow a similar structure. All in all, can complete all the courses and have the college credits in one year and then submit/take the NCLEX. Total cost is about $11K, which normally would be a lot but we've saved our government stimulus from Covid and that's basically how much we got from the IRS. Now we could probably do it for half the cost but in at least twice as long, so the accelerated option is enticing for us. Been searching online and keep seeing random posts about negative things with Achieve although they are vague. So looking to get some specifics on whether this program is legit. Willing to pay extra to get an accelerated program so if there is another better program am interested to hear.

Yes finally got the approval. Just kept calling the CDHP and DOJ and while we kept getting the same response, at least we spoke to different people and I can only think that's what got someone to complete the review. So good news my wife got her CNA back finally.

Still getting the run-around. Called the CDHP as they were the ones that submitted it and they said we just have to wait. This was submitted over 3 months ago. We try calling the DOJ but they said they don't give updates. So stuck here with no help.

Sorry, it's the department of Justice. They do the final background check before you can be a CNA. Basically it's just validation of your livescan finger print and criminal check. One thing I forgot to add, she was a CNA a few years ago and had no issues. Then she stopped working to have our kids so her CNA expired and had to start all over again. So just stuck here with the run-around with a normal process. Wasn't sure if anyone else expirenced this.

Hello my wife completed her CNA course in October and passed the exam and the school submitted her info to the DOJ. There was some mix up either on the school side or DOJ and basically the DOJ keeps saying check back again in a few weeks. We've been doing that since November and here we are at the end of January with no resolution in site. Who can I contact to figure out what's going on here? Initially the DOJ said there was something wrong or missing and it was returned to the school and the school said they resubmitted it with everything needed. But still nothing from DOJ. This is obviously beyond frustrating since we don't know what's going on and she can't work as a CNA yet. Any clues on who to contact for help? Isn't there someone who can answer at the DOJ instead of just getting the tired answer of check back later?