WisCaregiver Careers: CNA—Streamline Your Health Care Education

Education, certification, employment, and advancement

Is your life too busy to imagine beginning a new, meaningful career? Are you feeling that it would be hard for you to balance work and family commitments to get an affordable education in a promising profession?

WisCaregiver Careers in Wisconsin is your streamlined solution

This free program makes it easy for you to follow your dreams and enter the field of health care. All caring individuals are encouraged to register, no matter your age or work experience.

Sign up for CNA training

  • Easily find employers in your area
  • Select your employer of choice
  • Get paid on the job and receive free nurse aide training and testing
  • Receive your official Nurse Aide Certification
  • Continue employment as a CNA and receive a $500 retention bonus—after six months on the job, full-time or part-time
  • Develop the foundational skills you need to advance

Download the Why Become a CNA (PDF) and Advance Your Career in Health Care (PDF) fact sheets to learn more.

Need help making a career change?

WisCaregiver Career navigators are glad to help. Contact us today!

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Last revised July 7, 2026