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Grace Ministries of the UMC and the Korean Central Senior Center

Multicultural Certified Nurse Aide Training Program

To support this project directly visit the following link for GRACE Ministries of the UMC: www.graceministriesumc.org

Grace UMCWISH LIST:

  • $55 covers the purchase of a textbook/workbook set for a low income student
  • $130 supports the cost of instruction for a three hour nursing class
  • $250 provides scholarship assistance for one student

Grace Ministries of the UMC and the Korean Central Senior Center

Spring 2011 CNA Training Program*
*Students in the spring CNA training class received scholarship assistance through a grant from LifeCircle’s Haywood Incentive Grants Program.
Picture: CNA students with their 3 clinical instructors (front center)

 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

  • ESL Tutors are needed to work with individual students once a week
  • College student interns are needed to assist with publicity and development related activities.

 

SUMMARY OF GRACE MINISTRIES ACTIVITIES:

  • GRACE Ministries provides two job training programs for low income students who would like to begin a career in the health care field. Personal Care Aide (PCA) training classes prepare students to become home health care aides for the elderly and for individuals who are disabled. Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) students are preparing for future work in assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospitals and home health care. Both classes offer ESL instruction in addition to nursing instruction. A new CNA class will be starting in Arlington, Virginia on August 2, 2011. The next PCA class will start in Herndon, Virginia on September 8, 2011. Both of these training programs are related to the Long Term Care Council (LTCCC) Committee on Workforce Needs: 1. Training for in-home personal care and nursing professionals and 2. Expand and improve the size of the direct care workforce.
  • GRACE Ministries also offers Commercial Drivers’ License training for low income students to become Fairfax County School bus drivers. This program is made possible through a partnership with Skill Source, Adult and Community Education and Fairfax County Public Schools. Students receive both CDL training and ESL training in this six month program. While students are in the class they work as paid school bus attendants. The next class is scheduled to begin in October 2011.
  • We are grateful for the support of current and past funders who have made all of our job training programs possible:
    1. Fairfax County Consolidated Community Funding Pool
    2. Fairfax County Incentive Grant for Long Term Care
    3. LifeCircle’s Haywood Incentive Grants Fund
    4. Giving Circle of Hope
    5. Virginia Annual Conference
    6. Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce
    7. US Dept. of Labor Faith Based Community Initiatives
    8. Arlington and Alexandria District United Methodist Churches
    9. Skill Source Group
    10. Individual Donors

For more information about any GRACE Ministries job training programs, visit our website, graceministriesumc.org or contact:

Rev. Martha Real, Executive Director
GRACE Ministries of the UMC
13600 Frying Pan Road
Herndon, VA 20171
Phone 703-793-0026 x112
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