Nevada · home health aide (HHA)
How to become a home health aide in Nevada: the routes that qualify you, who regulates home health agencies in Nevada, pay, free training options, and all 17 state-approved CNA programs, since a CNA certification also qualifies you as a home health aide.
Your route
Home health agencies in Nevada are licensed by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health. Medicare and Medicaid agencies must use aides who completed one of the federally approved routes. These are the two most common.
Fastest route
CNA
Agency route
75 hrs
Why we list CNA programs: under federal rules, a state-approved CNA program plus good standing on the Nevada nurse aide registry qualifies you as a home health aide. It’s the route that opens the most doors. See our Nevada CNA guide.
The steps
The general path for most new aides.
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
The two jobs overlap, but the settings and pay differ.
| Home health aide | CNA | |
|---|---|---|
| Where you work | Clients’ homes, through home health and hospice agencies | Nursing homes and hospitals |
| Training | 75 hours federal minimum, or a CNA certification | State-approved CNA program |
| Official record | Your agency’s training and competency records | The Nevada nurse aide registry |
| Median pay (NV) | $16.19 an hour* | $21.87 an hour |
*Federal pay data groups home health aides with personal care aides. About 17,940 of them work in Nevada.
Help paying
Ways to cover the cost of training.
Many home health agencies train aides they hire, and nursing homes that hire you can’t charge you for CNA training under federal rules.
Directory
All 17 programs from our Nevada 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.
| Program | City | County | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| College of Southern Nevada | Las Vegas | Clark | (702) 651-5690 |
| Gardnerville Health and Rehabilitation Center | Gardnerville | Douglas | (775) 782-6620 |
| Great Basin College | Elko | Elko | (775) 327-2309 |
| Live Savers Training Center | Las Vegas | Clark | (702) 623-8616 |
| Majen | Reno | Washoe | (775) 762-8039 |
| Mesa View Regional Hospital | Mesquite | Clark | (702) 346-8040 |
| Perry Foundation Academy of Health | Henderson | Clark | (702) 413-7338 |
| Perry Foundation Academy of Health | Reno | Washoe | (702) 413-7338 |
| PFC Nick Crombie Certified Nursing Assistant Training Academy | Boulder City | Clark | (702) 332-6784 |
| Saint Therese Learning Institute | Las Vegas | Clark | (702) 395-1802 |
| Shiloh CNA School | Las Vegas | Clark | (725) 223-3046 |
| Sierra Nevada Job Corps | Reno | Washoe | (775) 789-0859 |
| Sonder CNA Training | Minden | Douglas | (775) 443-7955 |
| South Lyon Medical Center | Yerington | Lyon | (775) 463-2301 |
| Standards of Excellence | Las Vegas | Clark | (702) 367-4348 |
| Truckee Meadows Community College | Reno | Washoe | (775) 824-8640 |
| Western Nevada College | Carson City | (775) 445-3000 |
Tip: ask each program whether it also offers a home health aide add-on. For details, costs, and exam steps, see our Nevada CNA guide.
FAQ
Short answers to what people ask most.
Home health aides in Nevada work for home health agencies licensed by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health. 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.
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 Nevada nurse aide registry as a qualified home health aide.
The median pay for home health and personal care aides in Nevada is $16.19 an hour, about $33,670 a year, based on the May 2025 federal wage survey. Nevada CNAs earn a median $21.87 an hour.
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.
Yes. Federal rules require at least 12 hours of in-service training every 12 months for aides at Medicare and Medicaid agencies.