Utah · home health aide (HHA)
How to become a home health aide in Utah: the routes that qualify you, who regulates home health agencies in Utah, pay, free training options, and all 43 state-approved CNA programs, since a CNA certification also qualifies you as a home health aide.
Your route
Home health agencies in Utah are licensed by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services. 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 Utah nurse aide registry qualifies you as a home health aide. It’s the route that opens the most doors. See our Utah 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 Utah nurse aide registry |
| Median pay (UT) | $17.25 an hour* | $19.15 an hour |
*Federal pay data groups home health aides with personal care aides. About 17,130 of them work in Utah.
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 43 programs from our Utah 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Healthcare CNA Training Program | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | (801) 643-9703 |
| Bridgerland Technical College | Logan | Cache | (435) 753-6780 |
| CCCNA | Murray | Salt Lake | (801) 968-2262 |
| Davis Technical College | Kaysville | Davis | (801) 593-2357 |
| Dixie Technical College | St. George | Washington | (435) 647-8400 |
| Gunnison Valley Hospital CNA Program | Gunnison | Sanpete | (435) 528-7246 |
| Milford Memorial Hospital | Milford | Beaver | Call the program |
| Mountainland Technical College (Heber City) | Heber City | Wasatch | (801) 753-6282 |
| Mountainland Technical College (Lehi) | Lehi | Utah | (801) 753-6282 |
| Mountainland Technical College (Payson) | Payson | Utah | (801) 753-6282 |
| Mountainland Technical College (Provo) | Provo | Utah | (801) 753-6282 |
| Ogden-Weber Technical College | Ogden | Weber | (801) 612-4179 |
| Orchard CNA Training Centers | Orem | Utah | (801) 358-2102 |
| Ridgeview C.N.A. | St. George | Washington | (435) 634-0710 |
| Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake Tech (Herriman) | Herriman | Salt Lake | (801) 957-6249 |
| Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake Tech (Jordan) | West Jordan | Salt Lake | (801) 957-6249 |
| Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake Tech (West Valley) | West Valley City | Salt Lake | (801) 957-6249 |
| Snow College (Delta Technical Center) | Delta | Millard | (435) 283-7588 |
| Snow College (Ephraim) | Ephraim | Sanpete | (435) 283-7588 |
| Snow College (Fillmore) | Fillmore | Millard | (435) 283-7588 |
| Snow College (Junction) | Junction | Piute | (435) 283-7588 |
| Snow College (Nephi) | Nephi | Juab | (435) 283-7588 |
| Snow College (Richfield) | Richfield | Sevier | (435) 283-7588 |
| Southwest Technical College (Cedar City) | Cedar City | Iron | (435) 586-2899 |
| Southwest Technical College (Kane County) | Kanab | Kane | (435) 586-2899 |
| Tooele Technical College | Tooele | Tooele | (435) 248-1800 |
| Uintah Basin Technical College (Roosevelt) | Roosevelt | Duchesne | (435) 722-6973 |
| Uintah Basin Technical College (Vernal) | Vernal | Uintah | (435) 725-7107 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (Kaysville) | Kaysville | Davis | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (Logan) | Logan | Cache | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (Millcreek, 1100 East) | Millcreek | Salt Lake | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (Millcreek, Granite Peaks) | Millcreek | Salt Lake | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (Murray) | Murray | Salt Lake | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (Ogden) | Ogden | Weber | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (Orem) | Orem | Utah | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (Salt Lake City, Horizonte) | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (Salt Lake City, NeighborWorks) | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (South Salt Lake) | South Salt Lake | Salt Lake | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah CNA Training Centers (West Valley City) | West Valley City | Salt Lake | (801) 990-9333 |
| Utah State University (Blanding) | Blanding | San Juan | (435) 678-8208 |
| Utah State University (Moab) | Moab | Grand | (435) 678-8208 |
| Utah State University (Price) | Price | Carbon | (435) 613-5351 |
| Utah Tech University | St. George | Washington | (435) 879-4830 |
Tip: ask each program whether it also offers a home health aide add-on. For details, costs, and exam steps, see our Utah CNA guide.
FAQ
Short answers to what people ask most.
Home health aides in Utah work for home health agencies licensed by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services. 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 Utah nurse aide registry as a qualified home health aide.
The median pay for home health and personal care aides in Utah is $17.25 an hour, about $35,880 a year, based on the May 2025 federal wage survey. Utah CNAs earn a median $19.15 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.