Job Point and Preferred Futures, Inc recently celebrated graduation of the third class of Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) students in Jefferson City, MO. Fifteen students completed 75 hours of classroom instruction, 100 hours of hand-on direct care training, and state certification exams. Two of the students in this class were able to participate as a result of grant funding from the United Way of Central Missouri. In this, its inaugural year, the program has graduated 38 participants in all (79%), with 24 (63%) entering employment to date. Facilities partnering to provide lab exercises and clinicals include: Adams Street Place, Ashland Care Center, Eldon Nursing Home, Goldenliving Center, Heisinger Bluffs and St. Joseph’s Bluffs. For more information, contact Stephanie Ricard of Preferred Futures at 660-422-8377 or Mark Eye of Job Point at 573-777-1534.
