Home health aide training in California

33 home health aide programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

32 schools offer these home health aide programs, and California has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Home health and personal care aides keep an eye on the condition of people with disabilities or long-term illness and help them with everyday tasks. Aides who work for certified home health or hospice agencies must finish formal training and pass a standardized test, and states may add their own rules.¹ For those agencies, federal rules require at least 75 hours of aide training, with at least 16 hours in a classroom before at least 16 hours of supervised practice.²

In California, 14 of the 33 programs take students without a high school diploma, 10 ask for a diploma or equivalent and 9 ask for earlier courses first.

By kind, the 33 programs here are home health aide course (25 programs), home care aide course (6 programs) and personal care aide or direct care worker course (2 programs).

See the 33 programs

How much does home health aide training cost in California?

$246 to $612 is what most home health aide programs in California cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 28 programs with a price. All of them: $130 to $3,000

In the typical program

Finished the program: 96%
Working 6 months later: 87%
Earned a year, estimated: about $33,500
Length: 1 to 3 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in California may also offer home health aide training. How these figures are made

Is there free home health aide training in California?

Yes, if you qualify. WIOA (public workforce funding) can pay for any program on this page, in full or in part, depending on local limits.³⁴⁵In program year 2024 it paid toward the training of at least 202 people at 7 of the 33 programs here.
Ask an American Job Center whether you qualify, or call 1-877-872-5627.⁶ Before funding training, the center goes through an assessment and a career plan with you.⁵
Or pay yourself. Most home health aide programs in California cost $246 to $612. Prices on this page run from $130 to $3,000.

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

How to pay for home health aide training in California

WIOA funding can pay for home health aide training in California

Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?

Financial aid and grants for home health aide training

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.⁷⁸

GI Bill for home health aide training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.⁹

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Quick facts: Home health aide training in California

programs with a price cost under $1,000: 25 of 28
lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare: 4th of 11
most home health aide programs of any state, after Washington: 2nd

State comparisons use the same figures as the home health aide training by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).

Home health aide training in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Francisco and other California cities

Los Angeles area16

Areas with 10 or more programs have a page of their own. Choosing another area filters the program list above. 5 more programs are in 5 other areas.

Other training in California

How home health aide training compares with the rest of nursing and patient care: Nursing and patient care programs in California

Where the California home health aide program numbers come from

Which California home health aide programs are on this list?

These are the home health aide programs California approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).¹⁰ The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what California offers.

How the prices and results of California home health aide programs are measured

Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.

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Home health aide training in California

How much does home health aide training cost in California?

Is there free home health aide training in California?

All 33 home health aide programs in California approved for WIOA funding

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