Montana · home health aide (HHA)
How to become a home health aide in Montana: the routes that qualify you, who regulates home health agencies in Montana, pay, free training options, and all 51 state-approved CNA programs, since a CNA certification also qualifies you as a home health aide.
Your route
Home health agencies in Montana are licensed by the Montana DPHHS, Office of Inspector General. 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 Montana nurse aide registry qualifies you as a home health aide. It’s the route that opens the most doors. See our Montana 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 Montana nurse aide registry |
| Median pay (MT) | $17.61 an hour* | $19.67 an hour |
*Federal pay data groups home health aides with personal care aides. About 10,400 of them work in Montana.
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 51 programs from our Montana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaniiih Nakoda College NATP | Harlem | Blaine | (406) 353-2607 |
| Big Sandy Medical Center NATP | Big Sandy | Chouteau | (406) 378-2188 |
| Billings Adult and Community Education NATP | Billings | Yellowstone | (406) 281-5003 |
| Billings Clinic Broadwater CAH NATP | Townsend | Broadwater | (406) 266-3186 |
| Bitterroot College NATP | Hamilton | Ravalli | (406) 375-0100 |
| Bitterroot Health CNA Program NATP | Hamilton | Ravalli | (406) 363-2211 |
| Blackfeet Community College NATP | Browning | Glacier | (406) 338-5441 |
| Chapel Court Assisted Living NATP | Billings | Yellowstone | (406) 655-5600 |
| City College at Montana State University Billings NATP | Billings | Yellowstone | (406) 247-3073 |
| Clark Fork Valley Hospital NATP | Plains | Sanders | (406) 826-4800 |
| CNA Productions Training Program | Helena | Lewis and Clark | (317) 494-0051 |
| CNA Training for the Future of Nursing | Chinook | Blaine | (406) 945-0201 |
| Community Hospital of Anaconda NATP | Anaconda | Deer Lodge | (406) 563-8500 |
| Community Medical Center Missoula NATP | Missoula | Missoula | (406) 327-4173 |
| Crest – Nurse Aide Training Program | Butte | Silver Bow | (406) 494-7031 |
| Daniels Memorial CAH NATP | Scobey | Daniels | (406) 487-2300 |
| Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center | Missoula | Missoula | (406) 549-8765 |
| Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation NATP | Clancy | Jefferson | (406) 933-8311 |
| Evergreen Healthcare CNA Program Montana | (406) 741-2992 | ||
| Fallon Medical Complex Hospital NATP | Baker | Fallon | (406) 778-3331 |
| Flathead Valley Community College NATP | Kalispell | Flathead | (406) 756-3822 |
| Gallatin CNA School | Belgrade | Gallatin | (406) 570-6041 |
| GFC MSU Continuing Education & Training NATP | Great Falls | Cascade | (406) 551-5104 |
| Glendive Medical Center CAH NATP | Glendive | Dawson | (406) 345-2607 |
| Health Promotion Disease Prevention NATP | Poplar | Roosevelt | (406) 768-3087 |
| Heart for Living NATP | Livingston | Park | (406) 223-4461 |
| Helena College NATP | Helena | Lewis and Clark | (406) 447-6944 |
| Highlands College NATP | Butte | Silver Bow | (406) 496-3793 |
| Libby Care Center NATP | Libby | Lincoln | (406) 293-6285 |
| Logan Health Education Services NATP | (406) 756-4744 | ||
| McCone County Health Center NATP | Circle | McCone | (406) 485-3381 |
| Miles Community College NATP | Miles City | Custer | (406) 874-6199 |
| Missouri River Medical Center NATP | Fort Benton | Chouteau | (406) 622-3331 |
| Montana Health Network NATP | (406) 234-1424 | ||
| Montana Mental Health Nursing Home | Lewistown | Fergus | (406) 538-7451 |
| Mountain View of Cascadia | Eureka | Lincoln | (406) 297-2541 |
| Mountainview Medical Center | White Sulphur Springs | Meagher | (406) 547-3321 |
| Northern Cheyenne THIP CNA Program NATP | Lame Deer | Rosebud | (406) 942-2238 |
| Northern Montana Hospital NATP | Havre | Hill | (406) 265-2211 |
| Platinum Career Solutions NATP – Missoula | Missoula | Missoula | (406) 926-2712 |
| Priorities at Work NATP | Billings | Yellowstone | (406) 252-8645 |
| Professional Travelers Inc CNA Training Program | Arlee | Lake | (406) 207-9614 |
| Prosperity Training Center Montana | Butte | Silver Bow | (406) 723-6556 |
| Providence St. Joseph's MC – NATP | Polson | Lake | (406) 883-7488 |
| Rosebud Health Care Center CAH NATP | Forsyth | Rosebud | (406) 346-4235 |
| Roundup Memorial Healthcare NATP | Roundup | Musselshell | (406) 323-2104 |
| Teamsters Local 2 CNA Training NATP | Butte | Silver Bow | (406) 494-2747 |
| Thrive CPR NATP | Chinook | Blaine | (406) 262-3292 |
| Tobacco Root Mountains Care Center NATP | Sheridan | Madison | (406) 842-5600 |
| Trinity Hospital – NATP | Wolf Point | Roosevelt | (406) 653-6549 |
| Yes You Can NATP | Stevensville | Ravalli | (406) 777-5411 |
Tip: ask each program whether it also offers a home health aide add-on. For details, costs, and exam steps, see our Montana CNA guide.
FAQ
Short answers to what people ask most.
Home health aides in Montana work for home health agencies licensed by the Montana DPHHS, Office of Inspector General. 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 Montana nurse aide registry as a qualified home health aide.
The median pay for home health and personal care aides in Montana is $17.61 an hour, about $36,630 a year, based on the May 2025 federal wage survey. Montana CNAs earn a median $19.67 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.