are there any programs that pay for school and you pay them back by working for them?

[CNA1991, CNA]

are there any programs that pay for school upfront and you pay them back by working for them in California? Also, has anyone ever had their employer pay for a vocational LVN/LPN program upfront and you signed a contract that states that you will work to pay it off? I have looked into other forms of financial aid but they either don't provide enough money or have you pay upfront (money I don't have and won't make in time) and provide tuition reimbursement later. The program I am looking at is $20,000 and the cheapest vocational program in my area (SF Bay Area). I have looked into other vocational and CC programs and they are either too expensive (Other vocational programs start at 30k) or require too many prerequisites and are too long (some have almost all the same preq. as RN programs and last almost 2 years, I might as well become a RN at that point!). The reason I am so eager to go the difficult route and get through a program so fast is because my living situation is not so great (I rent a room in a house and don't get to spend a lot of alone time with my fiance) and I would like to help my parents out of debt (the reason I moved out in the first place was to make it easier on them). I want to continue my education and eventually become an RN, but for right now, I need something that will help me so I can help myself, or I will have to move back in and not qualify for FASA(My parents make just a little over the limit and do not help me with school because they are in so much debt). I don't mind being stuck in a contract for up to 10 years as long as I am working. I am just frustrated that my school keeps raising fees and even after I apply to the couple of nursing programs I am planning on applying to I will still have to wait for my lottery number to come up and the program will probably cost double by that time. Thank you for any suggestions, I really appreciate them:nurse:

[yousoldtheworld]

All of the programs I've ever heard of that pay for your schooling do so by reimbursing you, rather than paying up front. If you think about it, it only makes sense - if your employer paid up front, and you either blew it off or failed out, they'd be wasting their money. Trying to find ways to pay for school is frustrating for me, too