Mental health technician training in Arizona
5 mental health technician programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
3 schools offer these mental health technician programs, and Arizona has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did. One school runs 3 of these 5 programs, so the typical figures lean heavily on its prices and results.
Psychiatric technicians and aides care for people who have mental conditions or developmental disabilities. Technicians typically need a postsecondary certificate and aides a high school diploma, both learn on the job, and some states require technicians to be licensed.1
In Arizona, all 5 programs take students without a high school diploma.
By kind, the 5 programs here are mental health technician certificate or course (4 programs) and peer support specialist course (1 program).
See the 5 programsHow much does mental health technician certification cost in Arizona?
$1,652 to $2,944 is what most mental health technician programs in Arizona cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 5 programs with a price. All of them: $1,348 to $3,200
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- Not enough data
- 4 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
- Working 6 months later
- Not enough data
- 1 program reports it; a typical figure needs 5
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- 1 program reports it; a typical figure needs 5
- Length
- Not enough data
- 4 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 Arizona may also offer mental health technician training. How these figures are made
All 5 mental health technician programs in Arizona approved for WIOA funding
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Peer Support Training
Just 1 Life
Mesa
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$34,800Price if you pay yourself$3,2009 students trained with WIOA funding
Program website, Peer Support Training at Just 1 LifeMore details about Peer Support Training at Just 1 Life
- Finished
- 99%
- Working at 6 months
- 42%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,691
- Length
- 1 week, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 1,480
- Earned a year, estimated
- $34,800
- Price if you pay yourself
- $3,200
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 9
Basic Behavioral Health Sciences Track A Certificate
Arizona Western College
Yuma
Accredited school
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,956Program website, Basic Behavioral Health Sciences Track A Certificate at Arizona Western CollegeMore details about Basic Behavioral Health Sciences Track A Certificate at Arizona Western College
- Finished
- 9%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 16 weeks, 12 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $368
- Students counted
- 106
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,956
Basic Behavioral Health Sciences Track C Certificate
Arizona Western College
Yuma
Accredited school
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,348Program website, Basic Behavioral Health Sciences Track C Certificate at Arizona Western CollegeMore details about Basic Behavioral Health Sciences Track C Certificate at Arizona Western College
- Finished
- 14%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 16 weeks, 8 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $368
- Students counted
- 104
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,348
Basic Behavioral Health Sciences Track B Certificate
Arizona Western College
Yuma
Accredited school
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,652Program website, Basic Behavioral Health Sciences Track B Certificate at Arizona Western CollegeMore details about Basic Behavioral Health Sciences Track B Certificate at Arizona Western College
- Finished
- 14%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 16 weeks, 10 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $368
- Students counted
- 104
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,652
Behavioral Health Technician Certificate
Yavapai College
Prescott
Accredited school
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,944Program website, Behavioral Health Technician Certificate at Yavapai CollegeMore details about Behavioral Health Technician Certificate at Yavapai College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $1,000
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,944
No programs match these filters.
How to pay for mental health technician training in Arizona
WIOA funding can pay for mental health technician training in Arizona
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 mental health technician 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.67
GI Bill for mental health technician training
Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8
The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.
Quick facts: Mental health technician training in Arizona
- programs with a price cost under $2,000
- 3 of 5
- mental health technician programs here, against the typical state's 2
- 5 vs 2
State comparisons use the same figures as the mental health technician 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).
Mental health technician training in Yuma, Phoenix, Prescott Valley and other Arizona cities
Choosing an area filters the program list above.
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Where the Arizona mental health technician program numbers come from
Which Arizona mental health technician programs are on this list?
These are the mental health technician programs Arizona 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).9 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 Arizona offers.
How the prices and results of Arizona mental health technician 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 mental health technician training in Arizona
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Psychiatric Technicians and Aides
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- 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)
- US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
- US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
- 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