WisCaregiver Careers: Adding 3,000 Nursing Home Caregivers

Currently, 9,010 people have registered for the WisCaregiver Career Program. Due to the high number of registrants and limited training slots, registration closed August 2019, and all training classes were completed as of December 31, 2019. To date, 2,282 WisCaregivers have successfully completed training, and 2,195 have tested for their nurse aide competency test. WisCaregiver Careers tracking system shows 1,047 WisCaregivers employed at participating nursing homes.

The current focus of the project is to:

• Assist participating nursing homes to enter the employment data into the WisCaregiver tracking system so the actual employment data is reflected.
• Assist WisCaregivers who still need to complete their nurse aide competency test.
• Assist WisCaregivers to gain employment at a participating nursing home.
• Follow up on individuals who did not complete the program as required for repayment of the grant funds.  

People who are already enrolled in a training program with WisCaregiver Careers can continue with the program as usual. Sign up to receive updates about the program and registration.

To meet the WisCaregiver Career Program requirements, participants must:

• Complete free training in a participating WisCaregiver nurse aide training program.
• Successfully complete free nurse aide competency testing and be placed on the Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry.
• Continuously work at a participating WisCaregiver nursing home as a full time or part time nurse aide for six months.

Note: Those who do not successfully complete the training and testing and work at a participating nursing home as a nurse aide for six months will be asked to pay back WisCaregiver Careers the cost of training and testing.