The main components of the program are content and skills training necessary to pass the Massachusetts certification test to become a certified nursing assistant (CNA) through Prometric and a home health aide through the MA Home Care Aide Council test. Job readiness, resume wr¡ting, customer service, dementia, critical thinking, job opportunities, BLS and classes in nutrition, are also included.
The program includes on-line job searches, a job fair, at least 4 days of clinical experience at a long-term care center and an optional 4 days of job shadowing at an elder day health care center, assisted living, or group home, ln addition, there is a component of computerized national adult basic education called WorkKeys Curriculum, to improve reading and math skills, as well as job readiness and employability. Candidates must pass exams called WorkKeys to receive an ACT National Work readiness certificate, correlated to the O'Net job description for CNAs.
A health exam, covid vaccination, flu shot and clean CORI are required as well as a middle school English reading and math level. Actual Tuition cost is 53242 with most of the cost of the program subsidized. SNAP recipients only pay a Sto testing fee, as well as the S110 Prometric test fee, and the cost oftheir scrubs.
