Financial Aid Options (Only for eligible students)

All the options described below have eligibility criteria. Please make sure to read carefully. We do not provide any scholarship or financial aid directly as a school. You will have to work with the sponsoring organization to apply for the aid.

1. Creekview Health Center

Bay Area CNA School has partnered with Creekview Health Center to offer a scholarship program to eligible students. This is a unique opportunity which will not only provide financial aid for CNA training, but also kicks off your career into the highly rewarding healthcare field as a Nursing Assistant.

Candidates/students eligible for this program need to be 18 years of age or older and have their high school diploma or GED. Individuals who meet all qualifications may be offered a position as a Certified Nursing Assistant upon successful completion of the CNA Training Program and passing the CDPH CNA Exam. 

Next steps:

Please contact Amy Bona to get more information on this program and start the interview process. Her contact information is included below.

Amy Bona | Director of Human Resources

Phone: 925.201.7132

bonaa@stoneridgecreek.com

2. Avondale Villa Post-Acute

Bay Area CNA School has partnered with Avondale Villa Post-Acute to offer a scholarship program to eligible students. This is a unique opportunity which will not only provide financial aid for CNA training, but also kicks off your career into the highly rewarding healthcare field as a Nursing Assistant.

Candidates/students eligible for this program need to be 18 years of age or older and have their high school diploma or GED. Individuals who meet all qualifications may be offered a position as a Certified Nursing Assistant upon successful completion of the CNA Training Program and passing the CDPH CNA Exam. 

Next steps:

Please contact Isabel Poderoso to get more information on this program and start the interview process. Her contact information is included below.

Isabel Poderoso Administrator/Campus Director

The Villas Post-Acute & Senior Living

c: 858-231-8375 p: 925-454-5338

e: isabel.poderoso@linkshealth.com

3. Tri-Valley Career Center (TVCC)

The Tri-Valley Career Center, in partnership with Bay Area CNA School is hosting a free Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training program to qualified individuals.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

  • Must be at least 18 years old on or before August 15, 2022
  • Must have proof of COVID-19 VACCINATION
  • Must be one (or more) of the following and show proof:
    • Collecting or exhausted unemployment insurance*
    • Military Spouse
    • Displaced Homemaker
    • Recently self-employed, now unemployed due to economic conditions, natural disaster or COVID-19
    • Refugee, asylee, Afghan parolee or SIV

*having an undetermined or rejected unemployment insurance claim with the EDD will disqualify you from the program.

Application Link

Tri-Valley Career Center

5860 Owens Dr., 3rd Floor

Pleasanton, CA 94588

trivalleycareercenter.org

phone: 925.416.5100 | email: do-tvcctrainings@clpccd.org

4. Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA)

WIOA is a federally funded employment program that supports the One-Stop Career Centers (America’s Job Centers) throughout the United States. One-Stop services are designed to help you find employment!

How do I qualify for WIOA services?
• Unemployed or Underemployed Adult (receiving Unemployment Insurance or having proof of layoff notice)
• Veterans and Eligible Spouses
• Basic Skills Deficient
• Justice-Involved Individuals or Returning Residents
• Individuals with Disability
• Legally able to work in the United States
• Low Income
• Proof of Selective Service Registration for males born after 1959
• Recipients of Public Assistance

Contacts:

Darcel Hutchinson

Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) Career Coach

e: darcelh@rubiconprograms.org  

p: 510.670-5700 (M-W)

c: 510-380-7145

remote: 510.576.0290 (Thurs-Fri)

www.edenareaonestop.org

Angelica Given, MPH, PMP

Eden Area AJCC WIOA Coach Team Supervisor 

24100 Amador Street, 3rd Floor 

Hayward, CA  94544

e: angelicagi@rubiconprograms.org

p: (510)300-1260