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Home Health Aide Training in Georgia

How to become a home health aide in Georgia: the routes that qualify you, who regulates home health agencies in Georgia, pay, free training options, and all 235 state-approved CNA programs, since a CNA certification also qualifies you as a home health aide.

A home health aide caring for a client at home in Georgia
$14.07median hourly pay for Georgia home health and personal care aides
75 hrsminimum home health aide training under federal rules
235state-approved CNA programs listed below
50,870home health and personal care aides working in Georgia

Your route

Two ways to qualify as a home health aide in Georgia

Home health agencies in Georgia are licensed by the Georgia Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation. Medicare and Medicaid agencies must use aides who completed one of the federally approved routes. These are the two most common.

Fastest route

Become a CNA first

CNA

  • Finish a state-approved CNA program (listed below) and pass the state exam.
  • Under federal rules, a CNA in good standing on the state registry qualifies as a home health aide for Medicare and Medicaid agencies.
  • It also lets you work in nursing homes, where Georgia CNAs earn a median $18.12 an hour.

Agency route

Home health aide training

75 hrs

  • At least 75 hours, including 16 hours of supervised hands-on practice.
  • Often run by home health agencies, which may train you if they hire you.
  • Then pass a competency evaluation given by a registered nurse.

Why we list CNA programs: under federal rules, a state-approved CNA program plus good standing on the Georgia nurse aide registry qualifies you as a home health aide. It’s the route that opens the most doors. See our Georgia CNA guide.

The steps

How to become a home health aide in Georgia

The general path for most new aides.

  1. Pick your routeCNA training if you want the most options, or a home health aide course through an agency.
  2. Complete the trainingAt least 75 hours with 16 hands-on, or your state’s CNA hours.
  3. Pass the evaluationA competency evaluation for aides, or the state CNA exam.
  4. Apply to agenciesAgencies check your training and, for CNAs, the state registry before you start.

Keep your hours up. Federal rules require at least 12 hours of in-service training a year, and if you go 24 months in a row without paid aide work, you must retrain.

Home health aide vs. CNA

Home health aide or CNA in Georgia?

The two jobs overlap, but the settings and pay differ.

Home health aideCNA
Where you workClients’ homes, through home health and hospice agenciesNursing homes and hospitals
Training75 hours federal minimum, or a CNA certificationState-approved CNA program
Official recordYour agency’s training and competency recordsThe Georgia nurse aide registry
Median pay (GA)$14.07 an hour*$18.12 an hour

*Federal pay data groups home health aides with personal care aides. About 50,870 of them work in Georgia.

Help paying

Free and funded training in Georgia

Ways to cover the cost of training.

Get hired first

Many home health agencies train aides they hire, and nursing homes that hire you can’t charge you for CNA training under federal rules.

Grants and Job Corps

  • WorkSource Georgia (WIOA): Your local WorkSource Georgia office can pay for approved training if you're unemployed, laid off, or low-income. tcsg.edu/worksourcegeorgia

Directory

State-approved CNA programs in Georgia

All 235 programs from our Georgia CNA guide. Finishing one, passing the exam, and staying in good standing on the state registry also qualifies you as a home health aide for Medicare and Medicaid agencies.

235 programs
ProgramCityCountyPhone
1st Treasure Chara CentersHolly SpringsCherokee(470) 825-8741
A Time to Care Nursing ServicesColumbusMuscogee(706) 330-1524
Aabacus Certified Nursing Assistant ProgramMariettaCobb(404) 997-9791
Abby Healthcare ServicesSnellvilleGwinnett(470) 926-0978
Advanced Medical AcademyCommerceJackson(706) 768-2777
Albany Technical College – Atc Adult EducationAlbanyDougherty(229) 430-2832
Albany Technical College – Main Nurse Aide AcceleratedAlbanyDougherty(229) 430-2832
Albany Technical College Main CampusAlbanyDougherty(229) 430-2832
Alpha Health InstituteMariettaCobb(678) 508-3150
Atlanta Career InstituteNorcrossGwinnett(770) 807-0170
Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlantaFulton(404) 225-4400
Atlanta Technical College – Fast TrackAtlantaFulton(404) 225-4451
Atlanta Technical College – South CampusForest ParkClayton(404) 225-4400
Attention Consulting ServicesMabletonCobb(470) 265-0826
Augusta Technical CollegeAugustaRichmond(706) 771-4175
Azalea Health & RehabMetterCandler(912) 685-5734
Baptist Village IncWaycrossWare(912) 283-7050
Bayview Nursing HomeNahuntaBrantley(912) 462-6044
Bolingreen Health & RehabilitationMaconBibb(478) 477-1720
Breath of Life TrainingMartinezColumbia(706) 305-9000
Brown Health & RehabilitationRoystonFranklin(706) 245-1900
BTG EducationStockbridgeHenry(937) 583-6752
C & C Healthcare ServicesMariettaCobb(404) 277-7445
Calhoun CNA Nursing SchoolCalhounGordon(706) 629-2651
Camellia Health & Rehabilitation CenterClaxtonEvans(912) 739-2245
Care One InstituteTuckerDeKalb(678) 585-1864
Caring Hearts Healthcare AcademyNewnanCoweta(770) 755-6580
Center for Progressive Training IncRiverdaleClayton(770) 996-0637
Central Georgia Technical College – BaldwinMaconBibb(478) 757-3567
Central Georgia Technical College – Crawford CenterMaconBibb(478) 757-3567
Central Georgia Technical College – Economic DevelopmentMaconBibb(478) 757-3567
Central Georgia Technical College – HawkinsvilleMaconBibb(478) 757-3567
Central Georgia Technical College – Hutchings CenterMaconBibb(478) 757-3541
Central Georgia Technical College – Macon CampusMaconBibb(478) 757-3541
Central Georgia Technical College – Milledgeville CampusMaconBibb(478) 757-3567
Central Georgia Technical College – Putnam CenterMaconBibb(478) 757-3541
Central Georgia Technical College – SOAR AcademyMaconBibb(478) 757-3567
Central Georgia Technical College – Warner RobinsMaconBibb(478) 757-3541
Chattahoochee Technical College – Cartersville CampusCartersvilleBartow(770) 528-5426
Chattahoochee Technical College – CITA CampusMariettaCobb(770) 528-5426
Chattahoochee Technical College – Economic DevelopmentMariettaCobb(770) 528-4998
Chattahoochee Technical College – Marietta CampusMariettaCobb(770) 528-5426
Chattahoochee Technical College Appalachian CampusJasperPickens(770) 528-5426
Chatuge Regional HospitalHiawasseeTowns(706) 896-2222
CNU Medical InstituteNorcrossGwinnett(404) 879-0721
Coastal Pines Technical College – Accelerated Waycross CampusWaycrossWare(912) 287-6584
Coastal Pines Technical College – Alma CampusWaycrossWare(912) 632-0951
Coastal Pines Technical College – Alma Campus Nurse Aide Fast TrackAlmaBacon(912) 632-6670
Coastal Pines Technical College – BaxleyBaxleyWare(912) 285-6117
Coastal Pines Technical College – Golden IslesBrunswickGlynn(912) 262-4999
Coastal Pines Technical College – HazlehurstWaycrossWare(912) 285-6117
Coastal Pines Technical College – Jesup CampusJesupWayne(912) 427-5800
Coastal Pines Technical College – WaycrossWaycrossWare(912) 287-6584
Coastal Pines Technical College – Waycross Campus Nurse Aide Fast TrackWaycrossWare(912) 285-6117
Cobb Medical InstituteMabletonCobb(678) 398-1234
Collaborative Health Care Training InstituteMilledgevilleBaldwin(478) 295-1021
Columbus Technical CollegeColumbusMuscogee(706) 225-0525
Columbus Technical College – Accelerated Nurse Aide Training ProgramColumbusMuscogee(706) 649-1800
Columbus Technical College – Fast Track Nurse Aide Training ProgramColumbusMuscogee(706) 649-1800
Comer Health and RehabilitationComerMadison(706) 783-5116
Connect Care Medical Training InstituteBogartOconee(706) 850-0160
Cordele Health & RehabCordeleCrisp(229) 273-1227
Crisp Regional Nursing & Rehab CenterCordeleCrisp(229) 273-1481
Cumberland MedicalDallasPaulding(770) 435-2555
Dignity Nursing School IncDallasPaulding(770) 529-6801
Divinity Healthcare SolutionsSandy SpringsGwinnett(912) 272-2693
Dodge County EMS EducationEastmanDodge(478) 374-8144
Dumonde Training CenterRoswellFulton(404) 444-4554
Dunamis Health Care AcademySavannahChatham(912) 675-2145
Eagle Health & RehabilitationStatesboroBulloch(912) 764-6108
Education & Career Resources of GeorgiaLilburnGwinnett(770) 717-0310
Elite Healthcare ProfessionalsMoultrieColquitt(229) 456-9094
Emanuel County Nursing HomeSwainsboroEmanuel(478) 289-1336
Emerald Healthcare ServicesSnellvilleGwinnett(770) 559-9940
Etowah Landing Care & Rehab CenterRomeFloyd(706) 235-1337
Extended Health ServicesStockbridgeHenry(404) 990-3973
FAKS Allied Health Education CenterCollege ParkFulton(404) 763-0055
Favored Health Care ServicesBufordGwinnett(770) 932-4932
Fort Valley Health CareFort ValleyPeach(478) 825-2031
Four County Health and RehabilitationRichlandStewart(229) 887-2021
Gatewood InstituteStone MountainDeKalb(470) 823-3051
Georgia Highlands CollegeCartersvilleBartow(678) 872-8000
Georgia Northwestern Technical College – Floyd County Accelerated Nurse Aide Training ProgramRomeFloyd(706) 764-3526
Georgia Piedmont Technical College – Accelerated Newton – DCovingtonNewton(404) 297-9522
Georgia Piedmont Technical College – Continuing EducationClarkstonDeKalb(404) 297-9522
Georgia Piedmont Technical College – DekalbClarkstonDeKalb(404) 297-9522
Georgia Piedmont Technical College – Fast Track – Newton – DCovingtonNewton(404) 297-9522
Georgia Piedmont Technical College – Fast Track Dekalb CampusClarkstonDeKalb(404) 297-9522
Georgia Piedmont Technical College – NewtonCovingtonNewton(404) 297-9522
Georgia Southern University – Waters College of Health ProfessionsStatesboroBulloch(912) 478-3009
Glenvue Health & RehabilitationGlennvilleTattnall(912) 654-5807
Go With a Nurses Assistant (gwana)AlbanyDougherty(229) 483-0025
Golden Age Healthcare Training SWWhitesburgCarroll(404) 783-6650
Good Nursing and Medical TrainingNorcrossGwinnett(770) 680-2720
Goodwill Industries of the Southern RiversValdostaLowndes(229) 415-3304
Gwinnett Technical College – Fast TrackLawrencevilleGwinnett(678) 226-6287
Hamilton Medical CenterDaltonWhitfield(706) 272-6000
Health Plus Medical InstituteDouglasvilleDouglas(770) 490-2634
Health Technical of GeorgiaWarner RobinsHouston(478) 923-7007
Health Technical Training InstituteAustellCobb(770) 739-3327
Healthcare ResourcesMartinezColumbia(762) 224-2993
Heritage Health Career CenterAlbanyDougherty(229) 496-1046
Heritage OaksSt. Simons IslandGlynn(912) 638-9988
Hero InstituteAustellCobb(770) 726-3577
High Shoals Health & RehabilitationBishopOconee(706) 769-7738
Hillendell Medical TrainingLawrencevilleGwinnett(470) 268-3591
Hillendell Medical Training – Stone MountainStone MountainDeKalb(470) 268-3591
HSTC Trichology School of BusinessMartinezColumbia(706) 691-8815
Infinite Care AcademyBlakelyEarly(229) 475-0737
Infinite Health Care AcademyMidwayLiberty(404) 913-1948
Innovative Health Care InstituteAthensClarke(706) 705-2033
Just Peachy CNA InstituteSandy SpringsFulton(404) 905-5335
Kennesaw State University Community and Professional EducationKennesawCobb(470) 578-3558
King Training CenterGarden CityChatham(912) 495-5535
Lanier Technical College – Fast Track Nurse Aide Training ProgramGainesvilleHall(770) 533-6976
Life Solutions for HealthDecaturDeKalb(770) 808-7788
Lifesaving Hearts CPRBufordGwinnett(678) 537-6432
Lou – Helen Training CenterValdostaLowndes(229) 232-8002
Love Nursing and Medical TrainingSandy SpringsFulton(404) 963-5937
Lovelace Multicare Training InstituteSmyrnaCobb(770) 427-4338
Lynn Haven Health & RehabilitationGrayJones(478) 986-3196
Magnolia Manor Nursing CenterAmericusSumter(229) 924-9352
Magnolia Manor of Marion CountyBuena VistaMarion(229) 649-2331
Meadows Park Health & RehabVidaliaToombs(912) 403-3400
Medical Institute of South Georgia IncDouglasCoffee(912) 384-8680
Mentee CollegeLawrencevilleGwinnett(770) 931-5020
Metro 1 Medical Training InstituteSavannahChatham(470) 372-1771
Metro Medical Training CenterMariettaCobb(770) 437-1250
Metropolitan Career SchoolCollege ParkFulton(404) 684-0111
Miller Nursing HomeColquittMiller(229) 758-4285
Montezuma Health & RehabilitationMontezumaMacon(478) 472-8168
Morgan Medical CenterMadisonMorgan(706) 342-1667
Mountain View Health CareClaytonRabun(706) 782-4276
Muscogee Manor & Rehabilitation CenterColumbusMuscogee(706) 256-2419
New Hope Innovations Learning CentreMariettaCobb(470) 920-6934
New Hope Training ProgramsUnion CityFulton(770) 882-7483
NHC Fort OglethorpeFort OglethorpeCatoosa(706) 866-7700
NHC Healthcare – RossvilleRossvilleWalker(706) 861-0863
North Georgia Nursing AcademyFlowery BranchHall(770) 534-1373
North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesvilleHabersham(706) 754-7700
North Georgia Technical College – Accelerated Nurse Aide Training ProgramClarkesvilleHabersham(706) 754-7700
North Georgia Technical College – Fast TrackClarkesvilleHabersham(706) 754-7700
Northridge Health & Rehab CenterCommerceJackson(706) 335-1357
Northside Hospital Nurse Aide Training ProgramAtlantaFulton(404) 851-8142
Nursing Academy of GeorgiaGreensboroGreene(404) 468-1434
NV Enterprises of McDonough & Training AcademyMcdonoughHenry(770) 957-1558
Oak View Home – Waverly HallWaverly HallHarris(706) 582-2117
Oakview Health & RehabSummervilleChattooga(706) 857-4761
Oconee Fall Line Technical College – North CampusSandersvilleWashington(478) 553-2100
Oconee Fall Line Technical College – South CampusDublinLaurens(478) 296-6141
Ogeechee Technical CollegeStatesboroBulloch(912) 688-6011
Ogeechee Technical College – Accelerated Nurse Aide Training ProgramStatesboroBulloch(912) 688-6011
One Breath CNABogartOconee(706) 850-4017
Onpoint Institute for Nurse Aide TrainingAtlantaDeKalb(678) 790-7280
Orchard View Rehabilitation and Skilled NursingColumbusMuscogee(706) 225-1100
Oxley Park Health & RehabilitationLyonsToombs(912) 526-6336
Paulding Care Center Nursing & RehabilitationDallasPaulding(770) 443-4763
Premier Medical CareersConyersRockdale(678) 413-1663
Premier Medical Training ServicesLagrangeTroup(706) 756-2164
Primrose Health InstituteMariettaCobb(470) 703-7069
Promise Health Medical InstituteDecaturDeKalb(404) 941-9270
PruittHealth AshburnAshburnTurner(229) 567-3473
PruittHealth DecaturDecaturDeKalb(404) 212-3400
PruittHealth FitzgeraldFitzgeraldBen Hill(229) 423-4361
PruittHealth Fort OglethorpeFort OglethorpeCatoosa(706) 861-5154
PruittHealth GreenvilleGreenvilleMeriwether(706) 672-4241
PruittHealth MonroeForsythMonroe(478) 994-5662
PruittHealth PeakeMaconBibb(478) 471-7474
PruittHealth RomeRomeFloyd(706) 236-6002
PruittHealth ToccoaToccoaStephens(706) 886-8491
PruittHealth ValdostaValdostaLowndes(229) 244-7368
PruittHealth West AtlantaAtlantaFulton(404) 799-9267
River Towne CenterColumbusMuscogee(706) 561-1371
Roosevelt Warm Springs RehabilitationWarm SpringsMeriwether(706) 655-5000
Sanzie Healthcare ServicesFayettevilleFayette(770) 716-2233
Savannah Technical CollegeSavannahChatham(912) 443-5815
Savannah Technical College – Effingham CampusRinconEffingham(912) 443-4100
Savannah Technical College Fast Track Nurse Aide Training ProgramSavannahChatham(912) 443-5815
Scott Health & RehabilitationAdrianEmanuel(478) 668-3225
South Georgia Career CenterThomasvilleThomas(229) 289-5898
South Georgia Technical CollegeCordeleCrisp(229) 271-4906
Southeastern Technical College – Swainsboro CampusSwainsboroEmanuel(912) 538-3198
Southeastern Technical College – Vidalia CampusVidaliaToombs(912) 538-3198
Southern Crescent Technical College – Flint River Campus Continued EducationThomastonUpson(770) 584-0837
Southern Crescent Technical College – Flint River Fast Track Nurse Aide Training ProgramThomastonUpson(770) 584-0837
Southern Crescent Technical College – Griffin Campus Continued EducationGriffinSpalding(770) 584-0837
Southern Crescent Technical College – Griffin Fast Track Nurse Aide Training ProgramGriffinSpalding(770) 584-0837
Southern Crescent Technical College/griffinGriffinSpalding(770) 412-4592
Southern Crescent Technical College/thomastonThomastonUpson(770) 646-6148
Southern Regional Technical – Bainbridge AcceleratedBainbridgeDecatur(229) 327-5827
Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasvilleThomas(229) 327-5827
Southern Regional Technical College – Ashburn CampusAshburnTurner(229) 327-5827
Southern Regional Technical College – Blakely SiteBlakelyEarly(229) 327-5827
Southern Regional Technical College – MoultrieMoultrieColquitt(229) 217-4078
Southwell Health and RehabAdelCook(229) 896-8113
Stat Medical ServicesColumbusMuscogee(706) 322-7776
Stat Medical Training CenterMariettaCobb(678) 982-7330
Stephens County HospitalToccoaStephens(706) 599-1191
Summerhill Senior Living CommunityPerryHouston(478) 987-3100
Taylor County Health CareButlerTaylor(478) 862-2220
Tender Care Training CenterAugustaRichmond(706) 736-9225
TFL (Training for Life Academy)AugustaRichmond(706) 814-6941
The Oaks – Scenic ViewBaldwinBanks(706) 778-8377
The Oaks Nursing HomeMarshallvilleMacon(478) 967-2223
The Training Center of NW GeorgiaCartersvilleBartow(770) 606-9697
Thryve.TodayMariettaCobb(979) 484-7983
Townsend Park Health and RehabilitationCartersvilleBartow(770) 387-0662
Treutlen Nursing HomeSopertonTreutlen(912) 529-4418
Triumphant Medical InstituteCovingtonNewton(770) 757-0407
True Heart TrainingCovingtonNewton(470) 639-9498
Turner Job Corps CenterAlbanyDougherty(229) 438-4880
Twin Oaks Convalescent CenterAlmaBacon(912) 632-7293
Twin View Health Care CenterTwin CityEmanuel(478) 763-2141
Union County Nursing HomeBlairsvilleUnion(706) 745-4948
University of West GeorgiaCarrolltonCarroll(678) 839-6612
Vision Nurse Aide Training ProgramMaconBibb(478) 742-5230
Vista Park Health & RehabilitationDouglasCoffee(912) 384-7811
Waycross Health & Rehab CenterWaycrossWare(912) 285-4721
Wellspring Healthcare Training Centers ICPAlpharettaFulton(404) 497-9637
West Georgia Technical College – CarrollCarrolltonCarroll(770) 537-6000
West Georgia Technical College – Coweta CampusNewnanCoweta(770) 755-7800
West Georgia Technical College – Douglas CampusDouglasvilleDouglas(770) 755-7600
West Georgia Technical College – LagrangeLagrangeTroup(770) 537-6000
West Georgia Technical College – WacoWacoCarroll(770) 537-6000
What a BlessingSavannahChatham(912) 335-7383
Winder CNA TrainingWatkinsvilleOconee(770) 203-0858
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College – Coffee Campus – Fast TrackDouglasCoffee(229) 333-2100
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College – Cook CampusSparksCook(229) 549-7368
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College – Cook Campus – Fast TrackSparksCook(229) 549-7368
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College – FitzgeraldValdostaLowndes(229) 333-2100
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College – Fitzgerald Campus – Fast TrackFitzgeraldBen Hill(229) 468-2000
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College – ValdostaValdostaLowndes(229) 333-2100
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College – Valdosta Campus – Fast TrackValdostaLowndes(229) 333-2100
Wiregrass Technical College – CoffeeValdostaLowndes(229) 333-2100
Zebulon Park Health & RehabMaconBibb(478) 405-9000

Tip: ask each program whether it also offers a home health aide add-on. For details, costs, and exam steps, see our Georgia CNA guide.

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FAQ

Georgia home health aide questions

Short answers to what people ask most.

Does Georgia certify home health aides?

Home health aides in Georgia work for home health agencies licensed by the Georgia Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation. Medicare and Medicaid agencies must hire aides who meet the federal training and competency rules. Ask the agency you're applying to which credential it requires.

How do I become a home health aide in Georgia?

The two most common routes are completing a 75-hour home health aide training and competency evaluation, or becoming a CNA. Federal rules count a CNA in good standing on the Georgia nurse aide registry as a qualified home health aide.

How much do home health aides make in Georgia?

The median pay for home health and personal care aides in Georgia is $14.07 an hour, about $29,270 a year, based on the May 2025 federal wage survey. Georgia CNAs earn a median $18.12 an hour.

Can a CNA work as a home health aide?

Yes, for Medicare and Medicaid home health agencies, if the CNA completed a state-approved program and is listed in good standing on the state nurse aide registry.

Do home health aides need yearly training?

Yes. Federal rules require at least 12 hours of in-service training every 12 months for aides at Medicare and Medicaid agencies.

Sources: Georgia Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation; our Georgia CNA guide (state-approved program list); 42 CFR 484.80, Home health aide services; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025. Last checked October 2026. See something out of date? Report a correction.