Do you have an in-house CNA training program?  Are you having trouble providing nurse aide training due to capacity constraints?  Are nurse aide training prohibitions impacting your ability to hire and train CNAs?  With over 40% of our employers under a prohibition, this can be a hurdle for our employers working to fill vacant positions and interested in participating or already enrolled in the WisCaregiver Careers program.  However, it does not have to be a barrier.

The Wisconsin Health Care Association and LeadingAge Wisconsin have received a $6 million grant for its WisCaregiver Careers 2.0 program.  WisCaregiver Careers provides four kinds of financial support to nursing facilities, newly trained and certified CNA’s, and their mentors:  Facilities that train and successfully certified CNA candidates will receive $1,000 in reimbursements ($700 for the cost of training plus a $300 bonus); Newly certified CNA’s who stay with a facility for at least six months will receive a $500; While not a mandatory part of the program, facilities that choose to institute a mentorship program will receive an additional $500 payment that must be given to the new CNA’s mentor.

Don’t let capacity and prohibition barriers prevent you from being successful at addressing the CNA shortage.  Let us help you tap into our community and collectively solve these issues!

Facility with Existing Nurse Aide Training:

• Do you have a nurse aide training program?
• Do you have available training slots you are able and willing to volunteer?
• Contact Rick Abrams at rick@whcawical.org if you are interested in filling additional nurse aide training slots with your facility name, address, and number of additional training slots available.

Existing WisCaregiver Employer Partner

• Are you a current employer partner?
• Have you not received any candidate referrals from the WisCaregiver program?
• Contact Rick Abrams at rick@whcawical.org with the name of your facility and address, and the WisCaregiver team will work with you to ensure you are receiving interested training candidates.

Interested in learning more or have questions?  Please feel free to contact us at info@wiscaregivercna.com.