Recent Honorably Discharged Veterans...Have the county pay for your nursing school.

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Most recently discharged veterans probably already know this info but some may have fallen through the cracks.

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) which is implemented by the counties here in California (I don't know how it is implemented in the other states) will probably pay for your Nursing School with no other qualifying requirements other than being accepted to a nursing program and being recently honorably discharged (usually within the last 2 years). Others will have to qualify through income, dislocated worker, long-term unemployed, etc.

Usually the WIA is for short term training like welding or truck driving. But the nursing shortage is so acute in a lot of places that in the county that I live in, they also include the LVN and the two-year RN program. If it's part of the approved training in your county and if you qualify, they will pay for almost ALL of the expenses related to your training. Books, school supplies, gas stipend if you have to travel out of your town for a clinical or class, parking fees, medical fees, tuition, uniform, testing, and licensing fees. The only things they haven't paid for is the drug test I had to take on orientation. This is on top of any money you may get through your GI bill. It's a great deal. Although most everyone is told about it, there are still some who either didn't get the word or it got lost in all the jumble of information they heap on you as you are walking out the door.

I'm not quite sure about this but child care may also be covered.