stitchmup

This list has been a wonderful help!! My daughter has been trying to find a program, and still be able to work. We've decided to give the Wings program a try.You cannot imagine the problems we've had with the OSU CNA Training class. We signed up in Jenks for the Tulsa class around April 15th. Apparently, their HR person was not doing their job and was fired (this is what we were told). She lost her application. Had we not gone to the Jenks office, it would have been swept under the rug. We only went there because we had called every day for a week and got nowhere, and now it was the Friday before the class and we still had not heard anything. The Jenks office overnighted the app to OSU, and also faxed it to them while we were there. They (OSU) would not take her because they had to have the original in their hand, which would be on their desk Monday morning anyway. This sounded ridiculous! It only got worse.She said she would wait until the next class. The Jenks office told us she would be put in that one. Class time rolls around...nothing. When I called, they said the Jenks office sent a lot of apps to them, so she would be in the NEXT class! It's now June 1st...still no class. Now we're told she'll be in the NEXT class, around the middle of June. Okay...totally ridiculous, but okay. It gets worse.Today we actually got a phone call from them. They won't be having another class in Tulsa for awhile, so would we consider driving to CLEVELAND??!! What kind of 3-ring circus are they running there?! If there's no more organization than that, I'm not so sure I'd want to be learning from them, much less have them treating my loved ones! I can see it now..."Well ma'am, we don't know where we put your father, but we'll see if we can findhim next month!"

What's a WIA grant? I'll try anything!!

I can tell you all about dilemmas! I had a full time, very stressful job during the day, and was taking pre-req ADN classes at night. After 14 years on the job, corporate came and shut down my terminal due to budget cuts, leaving me unemployed. I decided to go to school full time to get my RN degree. Two weeks after losing my job, my husband of 6 years decides he doesn't want to have to pay the bills himself, so he walks out on me for the girlfriend he'd been seeing. Forget the fact that I supported him the first 2 years of our marriage. So here I am, single, unemployed, over $3000 a month in bills, one kid in college, and I just got accepted to nursing school. My unemployment runs out next week. I'm grooming dogs to try and pay the bills, and every month is a stress nightmare. I'll get financial aid to help, but only enough to cover the cost of school. Thanks to my ex, my credit is shot for another two years. I have no idea how I'm going to survive this next semester, but I'll do it. Somehow. Suggestions? I'm applying to an area hospital for one of their scholarships...they pay for your school, and you commit to work for them for 6 months for each semester they pay for...does anyone have any advice about these? I'm going into CNA training next month at the same hospital, to get my foot in the door and get experience. They pay you while they train you. I figure I can work at the hospital Monday thru Friday, then groom Saturday. That'll get me thru the summer. On a lighter note, my ex's girlfriend dumped him the day we signed the divorce papers. My life may be a nightmare, but revenge is sweet.