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Home health aide training in Puerto Rico

4 home health aide programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

3 schools offer these home health aide programs, and Puerto Rico has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Home health and personal care aides keep an eye on the condition of people with disabilities or long-term illness and help them with everyday tasks. Aides who work for certified home health or hospice agencies must finish formal training and pass a standardized test, and states may add their own rules.1 For those agencies, federal rules require at least 75 hours of aide training, with at least 16 hours in a classroom before at least 16 hours of supervised practice.2

In Puerto Rico, 1 of the 4 programs takes students without a high school diploma and 3 ask for a diploma or equivalent.

By kind, the 4 programs here are home care aide course (2 programs), caregiver course (assisted living and group homes, 1 program) and home health aide course (1 program).

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How much does home health aide training cost in Puerto Rico?

$2,500 to $8,220

is what the 3 programs with a price cost if you pay yourself

In the typical program

Finished the program
Left out
Half of Puerto Rico's programs report exactly 100%, far more than in other states
Working 6 months later
Left out
Every program that reports it reports exactly 100%
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
1 program reports it; a typical figure needs 5
Length
Not enough data
4 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Puerto Rico may also offer home health aide training. How these figures are made

Is there free home health aide training in Puerto Rico?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 4 home health aide programs in Puerto Rico approved for WIOA funding

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4 programs

  • Home care aide courseSeveral formatsHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Auxiliar de Cuido en el Hogar

    Job Connection Center, Inc.

    Ponce

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Job Connection Center, Inc., PonceHome care aide courseSeveral formats · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$11,900
    Price if you pay yourself$2,500

    44 students trained with WIOA funding

    More details about Auxiliar de Cuido en el Hogar at Job Connection Center, Inc.
    Finished
    Left out
    Working at 6 months
    Left out
    Earned in a quarter
    $2,980
    Length
    15 weeks, 25 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,520
    Students counted
    44
    Earned a year, estimated
    $11,900
    Price if you pay yourself
    $2,500
    students trained with WIOA funding
    44

  • Home care aide courseIn personNo diploma needed

    Auxiliar de Cuido en el Hogar

    Job Connection Center, Inc.

    Humacao

    No diploma needed

    Job Connection Center, Inc., HumacaoHome care aide courseIn person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,335
    More details about Auxiliar de Cuido en el Hogar at Job Connection Center, Inc.
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    15 weeks, 25 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $445
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $4,335

  • Caregiver course (assisted living and group homes)Several formatsHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Técnico Geri'trico

    NUC University

    Yauco

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    NUC University, YaucoCaregiver course (assisted living and group homes) · Accredited schoolSeveral formats · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$8,220
    Program website, Técnico Geri'trico at NUC University
    More details about Técnico Geri'trico at NUC University
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    32 weeks, 24 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $768
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $8,220
    Program website, Técnico Geri'trico at NUC University

  • Home health aide courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Asistente de Salud en el Hogar

    Centros Sor Isolina Ferr', Inc.

    Ponce

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Centros Sor Isolina Ferr', Inc., PonceHome health aide courseIn person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    More details about Asistente de Salud en el Hogar at Centros Sor Isolina Ferr', Inc.
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    40 weeks, 27 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    Not reported

How to pay for home health aide training in Puerto Rico

WIOA funding can pay for home health aide training in Puerto Rico

Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?

Financial aid and grants for home health aide training

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.78

GI Bill for home health aide training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.9

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Home health aide training in Ponce, San Juan and other Puerto Rico cities

Choosing an area filters the program list above.

Other training in Puerto Rico

How home health aide training compares with the rest of nursing and patient care: Nursing and patient care programs in Puerto Rico

Where the Puerto Rico home health aide program numbers come from

Which Puerto Rico home health aide programs are on this list?

These are the home health aide programs Puerto Rico approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).10 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Puerto Rico offers.

How the prices and results of Puerto Rico home health aide programs are measured

Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.

How reliable are the Puerto Rico figures?

The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Puerto Rico among the states with "known data quality concerns".11 We leave out the share who finished for Puerto Rico: half of its programs report exactly 100%, far more than in other states. We leave out the share working 6 months later for Puerto Rico: every program that reports it reports exactly 100%.

Sources for the facts about home health aide training in Puerto Rico

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Home Health and Personal Care Aides
  2. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR 484.80, Condition of participation: Home health aide services
  3. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  4. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  5. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  6. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  8. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  9. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  10. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List
  11. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns