WIA grants

[amileslpn]

Hi all! I live in Alabama and was thinking about applying for the WIA grant. Does anyone know exactly how this process works? I'm receiving PELL so will they pay the rest and give you a check for whats left? Im about to enter my second semester of the LPN-RN bridge program and will be leaving my job this month since I will be in school 4 days a week. My job put a freeze on the scholarships and denied me leave without pay which I wanted just so I could keep my insurance since Im having a baby in July! If anyone has received this grant please give me more info. THANKS:)

[2011NursingStudent]

I think you have to be involuntarily unemployed/laid off - I don't think they pay for schooling if you quit your job. My brother receives this, but he had to prove that he received unemployment insurance benefits and was involuntarily unemployed.

[LoveinlimeRN]

I recieved WIA for 3 semesters while in Rn school. I quit my job to be in school, So i had to fill out a paper proving to them that the program was too intensive to hold a job. WIA paid my gas for every time I went to class (it was a set amount determined by how far I lived from school). I had to get a teacher/instructor or nurse to sign my form every time I went to something school related. It also paid for my NCLEX review and any books that PELL, HOPE grant, etc. did not cover. I turned my form in every friday and recieved a check in the mail a few days later, with the amount according to how many times I had been to school that week.

This was in Georgia and things may have been set up differently or they may have changed since then. Anyways, I hope this helps :)

[pharmgirl]

I live in TN and as long as I was accepted into a "demand" program then I was elgible. It paid for my tuition and a certain amount per day for gas. I didn't have to show proof of income or anything. Now that I have graduated, that keep tabs every 6 months or so to see if we and where we are working. Other than that, its a very easy painless process.

[pharmgirl]

oh and P.S. I also received a Pell Grant. WIA sent my tuition to the school, my pell grant and other scholarships all went to the school as well. They deducted my tuition and books from the totals and gave me the difference

[lili718]

WIA payed for my LPN training. It didn't have anything to do with whether you are working or not, as I was working at the time and have never received unemployment, but it may vary in each state. I had Pell and WIA paid the difference and I did not get a refund, but that will probably depend on the cost of your school. Here WIA has a limit on how much you will receive... Now with you already being an LPN they may not pay since you already have some form of job training, which is the purpose of the program. Another option I reccomend you check out is HRSA's Nursing Scholarship Program. They pay tuition, you get a reasonable costs stipend, and a monthly stipend. They have not put up the application for this year and it is highly competitive, but it is possible as I am a recipient!! Good Luck!!

[ash90]

Hello. I live in Morristown TN and was wanting to know if I got WIA funding in Morristown if I would be able to use it in a different city such as Knoxville?