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Home health aide training in the District of Columbia

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

2 schools offer these home health aide programs, and the District of Columbia 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 the District of Columbia, both programs take students without a high school diploma.

Both are the same kind of program: home health aide course.

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How much does home health aide training cost in the District of Columbia?

$4,740 to $5,000

from the lowest-priced program to the highest, if you pay yourself

These two programs

Finished the program
72%
Working 6 months later
43%
Earned a year, estimated
about $22,300
Length
12 to 15 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 the District of Columbia may also offer home health aide training. How these figures are made

Is there free home health aide training in the District of Columbia?

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

All 2 home health aide programs in the District of Columbia approved for WIOA funding

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2 programs

  • Home health aide courseHybridNo diploma needed

    Home Health Care Aide

    Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington-OIC/DC

    Washington

    No diploma needed

    Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington-OIC/DC, WashingtonHome health aide courseHybrid · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$22,300
    Price if you pay yourself$5,000

    13 students trained with WIOA funding

    More details about Home Health Care Aide at Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington-OIC/DC
    Finished
    72%
    Working at 6 months
    43%
    Earned in a quarter
    $5,563
    Length
    15 weeks, 24 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    130
    Earned a year, estimated
    $22,300
    Price if you pay yourself
    $5,000
    students trained with WIOA funding
    13

  • Home health aide courseOnlineNo diploma needed

    Home Health Aide Career Diploma

    Constituent Services Worldwide

    Based in Washington, DC

    No diploma needed

    Constituent Services Worldwide, based in Washington, DCHome health aide courseOnline · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,740
    More details about Home Health Aide Career Diploma at Constituent Services Worldwide
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    12 weeks, 10 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $4,740

How to pay for home health aide training in the District of Columbia

WIOA funding can pay for home health aide training in the District of Columbia

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.

Other training in the District of Columbia

Where the District of Columbia home health aide program numbers come from

Which the District of Columbia home health aide programs are on this list?

These are the home health aide programs the District of Columbia 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 the District of Columbia offers.

How the prices and results of the District of Columbia 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.

How reliable are the District of Columbia figures?

The US Department of Labor's own results site lists the District of Columbia among the states with "known data quality concerns".11 The figures here are shown as the state reported them; check them with the school before you enroll.

Sources for the facts about home health aide training in the District of Columbia

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Home Health and Personal Care Aides
  2. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR 484.80, Condition of participation: Home health aide services
  3. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  4. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  5. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  6. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  8. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  9. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  10. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List
  11. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns