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Home health aide training in Minnesota

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

1 school offers these home health aide programs, and Minnesota 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 Minnesota, all 3 programs ask for a high school diploma or equivalent.

All 3 are the same kind of program: home health aide course.

See the 3 programs

How much does home health aide training cost in Minnesota?

$678

is the price of each of the 3 programs with a price, if you pay yourself

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not reported
None of the 3 programs report it
Working 6 months later
Not enough data
3 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
3 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
Length
Not enough data
3 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5

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

Is there free home health aide training in Minnesota?

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

All 3 home health aide programs in Minnesota approved for WIOA funding

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3 programs

  • Home health aide courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Home Health Aide

    Riverland Community College

    Austin

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Riverland Community College, AustinHome health aide course · Accredited schoolIn person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$21,500
    Price if you pay yourself$678
    Program website, Home Health Aide at Riverland Community College
    More details about Home Health Aide at Riverland Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    77%
    Earned in a quarter
    $5,364
    Length
    30 weeks, 4 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    60
    Earned a year, estimated
    $21,500
    Price if you pay yourself
    $678
    Program website, Home Health Aide at Riverland Community College

  • Home health aide courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Home Health Aide

    Riverland Community College

    Owatonna

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Riverland Community College, OwatonnaHome health aide course · Accredited schoolIn person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$21,500
    Price if you pay yourself$678
    Program website, Home Health Aide at Riverland Community College
    More details about Home Health Aide at Riverland Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    77%
    Earned in a quarter
    $5,364
    Length
    30 weeks, 4 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    60
    Earned a year, estimated
    $21,500
    Price if you pay yourself
    $678
    Program website, Home Health Aide at Riverland Community College

  • Home health aide courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Home Health Aide

    Riverland Community College

    Albert Lea

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Riverland Community College, Albert LeaHome health aide course · Accredited schoolIn person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$21,500
    Price if you pay yourself$678
    Program website, Home Health Aide at Riverland Community College
    More details about Home Health Aide at Riverland Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    77%
    Earned in a quarter
    $5,364
    Length
    30 weeks, 4 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    60
    Earned a year, estimated
    $21,500
    Price if you pay yourself
    $678
    Program website, Home Health Aide at Riverland Community College

How to pay for home health aide training in Minnesota

WIOA funding can pay for home health aide training in Minnesota

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.

Home health aide training in Austin, Owatonna, Albert Lea and other Minnesota cities

Choosing an area filters the program list above.

Other training in Minnesota

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

Where the Minnesota home health aide program numbers come from

Which Minnesota home health aide programs are on this list?

These are the home health aide programs Minnesota 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 Minnesota offers.

How the prices and results of Minnesota 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.

Sources for the facts about home health aide training in Minnesota

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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