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Several states now pay for residents to take AI courses from Google, Microsoft and others. Here is every state program in our catalog. Eligibility rules apply, so check the official page for who qualifies.
30 options from 21 organizations
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Per Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas Data Center Technician with AI ToolsPer Scholas · Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Phoenix onlyIn 15 full time weeks of labs on enterprise servers and network gear, you troubleshoot hardware and connections, run power, cooling and physical security, apply electrical safety, and use AI tools to diagnose network problems and simulate power failures.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksGeorgia4
Per Scholas AI Native Software DevelopmentPer Scholas · Atlanta, Columbus onlySoftware development training built around AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT for writing, debugging and scaffolding code, with the GitHub Copilot Fundamentals and Introduction to Generative AI badges.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas Data Center Technician with AI ToolsPer Scholas · Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Phoenix onlyIn 15 full time weeks of labs on enterprise servers and network gear, you troubleshoot hardware and connections, run power, cooling and physical security, apply electrical safety, and use AI tools to diagnose network problems and simulate power failures.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksFree Google AI Professional Certificate and Google AI courses for Georgia library cardholdersGeorgia Public Library Service · Georgia onlyGeorgia public library cardholders get free Coursera access to Google AI training, building fluency in foundational AI skills and responsible use through the Google AI Professional Certificate, plus AI Essentials, Prompting Essentials and job search with AI.CertificateFree if eligibleNPower AI Prompt + Power AutomationNPower · New York/New Jersey, Washington DC, Dallas, Austin, Atlanta onlyOver 20 weeks of evening virtual classes, you build and test a personal prompt library, use Microsoft 365 Copilot and Power Automate to design AI assisted workflows for HR, IT, sales and operations, and prepare for AB 900, PL 900 and Google AI Essentials.TrainingFree if eligible20 weeksIndiana2
Per Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas AI Native Business IntelligencePer Scholas · Buffalo, Columbus, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina onlyOver 15 instructor led weeks, you frame business questions with AI copilots, prepare data in Excel, Power Query and SQL, model it in Power BI with DAX, and build dashboards, preparing for PL 300 and the Google AI Professional Certificate.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksMassachusetts2
Per Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksFree Google AI Professional Certificate and Google AI courses for Massachusetts residentsMassachusetts AI Hub (Massachusetts Technology Collaborative) · Massachusetts onlyMassachusetts residents get free access through Grow with Google to the Google AI Professional Certificate and to Google Career Certificates in fields like cybersecurity, IT support and project management, with sign up through the MA AI Hub.CertificateFree if eligible8 hrsMichigan2
Per Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksMichigan Works! free Google AI courses and Career CertificatesMichigan Works! Association · Michigan onlyMichigan job seekers can get no cost Google AI courses and Google Career Certificates through their local Michigan Works! agency, building job ready skills in AI, IT support, project management or UX design without a four year degree.TrainingFree if eligibleMissouri4
Per Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas Data Center Technician with AI ToolsPer Scholas · Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Phoenix onlyIn 15 full time weeks of labs on enterprise servers and network gear, you troubleshoot hardware and connections, run power, cooling and physical security, apply electrical safety, and use AI tools to diagnose network problems and simulate power failures.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksFree Google AI courses and Google Career Certificates for Missouri residentsMissouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development · Missouri onlyMissouri residents can take Google AI Essentials, the Google AI Professional Certificate, Accelerate Your Job Search with AI, and Google Career Certificates such as data analytics or IT support free after filling out the MDHEWD intake survey.CertificateFree if eligibleSelf pacedFree MDHEWD AI Literacy course collection on Coursera for Missouri residentsMissouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development · Missouri onlyMissouri residents get about 60 free self paced hours of Coursera courses from Google, IBM, AWS and DeepLearning.AI on using AI at work and making informed decisions, earning a certificate per course and the MDHEWD AI Literacy Certificate.CertificateFree if eligible60 hrsNew York5
Brooklyn Public Library Digital Skills and AI Literacy (free Google AI Essentials)Brooklyn Public Library · New York City onlyNYC residents get funded Coursera access to Google AI Essentials, about four hours on using generative AI tools for ideas and tasks, writing effective prompts and spotting AI bias, plus Google Career Certificates with optional library help sessions.CertificateFree if eligible4 to 5 hrsNYC Food Protection online courseNYC Health · New York City onlyGenuinely free learning that prepares you for the paid in person NYC Food Protection Certificate exam.TrainingFreeSelf pacedPer Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas AI Native Business IntelligencePer Scholas · Buffalo, Columbus, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina onlyOver 15 instructor led weeks, you frame business questions with AI copilots, prepare data in Excel, Power Query and SQL, model it in Power BI with DAX, and build dashboards, preparing for PL 300 and the Google AI Professional Certificate.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksNPower AI Prompt + Power AutomationNPower · New York/New Jersey, Washington DC, Dallas, Austin, Atlanta onlyOver 20 weeks of evening virtual classes, you build and test a personal prompt library, use Microsoft 365 Copilot and Power Automate to design AI assisted workflows for HR, IT, sales and operations, and prepare for AB 900, PL 900 and Google AI Essentials.TrainingFree if eligible20 weeksNorth Carolina4
Per Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas AI Native Business IntelligencePer Scholas · Buffalo, Columbus, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina onlyOver 15 instructor led weeks, you frame business questions with AI copilots, prepare data in Excel, Power Query and SQL, model it in Power BI with DAX, and build dashboards, preparing for PL 300 and the Google AI Professional Certificate.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas Data Center Technician with AI ToolsPer Scholas · Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Phoenix onlyIn 15 full time weeks of labs on enterprise servers and network gear, you troubleshoot hardware and connections, run power, cooling and physical security, apply electrical safety, and use AI tools to diagnose network problems and simulate power failures.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksFree Grow with Google courses, including AI, for North Carolina residentsNC LIVE (North Carolina's statewide library network) · North Carolina onlyNC LIVE and Google give North Carolina residents complimentary access to Grow with Google skill building courses for high demand fields, including AI.CertificateFree if eligibleSelf pacedOhio5
Per Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas AI Native Business IntelligencePer Scholas · Buffalo, Columbus, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina onlyOver 15 instructor led weeks, you frame business questions with AI copilots, prepare data in Excel, Power Query and SQL, model it in Power BI with DAX, and build dashboards, preparing for PL 300 and the Google AI Professional Certificate.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas AI Native Software DevelopmentPer Scholas · Atlanta, Columbus onlySoftware development training built around AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT for writing, debugging and scaffolding code, with the GitHub Copilot Fundamentals and Introduction to Generative AI badges.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas Data Center Technician with AI ToolsPer Scholas · Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Phoenix onlyIn 15 full time weeks of labs on enterprise servers and network gear, you troubleshoot hardware and connections, run power, cooling and physical security, apply electrical safety, and use AI tools to diagnose network problems and simulate power failures.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksAI Ready Ohio: free AI training and certificates for Ohio residentsAI Ready Ohio (JobsOhio and Enterprise Technology Association) · Ohio onlyOhio residents get free AI training at three levels: building basic AI literacy, using AI in your daily work, or leading AI strategy, with online classes statewide and in person events in Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo.CertificateFree if eligible2 hrsPennsylvania2
Per Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPA Required Health and Safety (Centers/Group Child Care or Family Child Care), Parts 1 and 2Penn State Extension Better Kid Care · Pennsylvania onlyThis free Pennsylvania training, two parts of 3 hours each, teaches new child care staff and operators the health and safety rules for their setting and helps you set routines that prevent and manage injury and illness.LicenseFree if eligible6 hrsTexas10
AI for Social Media in Real Estate (TREC course #39760 RECE, 2 hours CE)Texas Real Estate Continuing Education · Texas onlyIn this free two hour in person CE class you see how AI tools help agents plan, design and brand social media content, why YouTube and Instagram matter, and when to use short form versus long form posts to attract clients.TrainingFree2 hrsPer Scholas AI Enabled Healthcare IT TechnicianPer Scholas · Baltimore, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Greater Boston, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis onlyHealthcare IT support training that uses generative AI tools for troubleshooting and simulated clinical IT scenarios alongside EHR support and HIPAA data protection, preparing for CompTIA A+, Google IT Support, Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas AI Native Business IntelligencePer Scholas · Buffalo, Columbus, Greater Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, New York City, North Carolina onlyOver 15 instructor led weeks, you frame business questions with AI copilots, prepare data in Excel, Power Query and SQL, model it in Power BI with DAX, and build dashboards, preparing for PL 300 and the Google AI Professional Certificate.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksPer Scholas Data Center Technician with AI ToolsPer Scholas · Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Phoenix onlyIn 15 full time weeks of labs on enterprise servers and network gear, you troubleshoot hardware and connections, run power, cooling and physical security, apply electrical safety, and use AI tools to diagnose network problems and simulate power failures.TrainingFree if eligible15 weeksBrain Development, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and Abusive Head Trauma: Shaken Baby SyndromeTexas A&M AgriLife Extension · Texas onlyIn this one hour course you learn how early experiences shape an infant's brain, how to reduce the risk of SIDS, and how to prevent abusive head trauma, so you can protect the infants and toddlers in your care.CertificateFree if eligible20 hrsChild Maltreatment: A Guide for Child Care ProfessionalsTexas A&M AgriLife Extension · Texas onlyThis two hour course, built with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, teaches you to prevent, recognize and report child abuse and neglect among the children in your care, whether you are a caregiver or administrator.CertificateFree if eligible20 hrsManaging Risk in Outdoor and Nature PlayTexas A&M AgriLife Extension · Texas onlyYou learn to treat outdoor and nature play as a balance of risks and benefits rather than a barrier. You define risk and hazard, practice three ways to manage risk, and write a risk benefit assessment plan for your outdoor space.CertificateFree if eligible2 hrsSocial Emotional Development in PreschoolTexas A&M AgriLife Extension · Texas onlyYou review social emotional milestones for infants, toddlers, three year olds and prekindergarten children, and pick up practical strategies to help them reach those goals. You also learn to recognize early mental health concerns and support young children's wellbeing.CertificateFree if eligible2 hrsStress, Trauma, and Resilience in PreschoolersTexas A&M AgriLife Extension · Texas onlyYou learn to identify stress, trauma and resilience in preschoolers, how trauma affects the developing brain, and how to use trauma informed classroom management. You also learn to spot and reduce secondary traumatic stress in yourself.CertificateFree if eligible2 hrsNPower AI Prompt + Power AutomationNPower · New York/New Jersey, Washington DC, Dallas, Austin, Atlanta onlyOver 20 weeks of evening virtual classes, you build and test a personal prompt library, use Microsoft 365 Copilot and Power Automate to design AI assisted workflows for HR, IT, sales and operations, and prepare for AB 900, PL 900 and Google AI Essentials.TrainingFree if eligible20 weeksVirginia3
Managers' Alcohol Responsibility Training (MART)Virginia ABC · Virginia onlyAlcohol responsibility training for managers and owners of licensed establishments.CertificateFreeSelf pacedResponsible Sellers & Servers: Virginia's Program (RSVP)Virginia ABC · Virginia onlyFree alcohol seller/server training that managers can use to train and document front of house staff.CertificateFreeSelf pacedFree Google AI Essentials and Google AI Professional Certificate scholarships for VirginiansVirginia Works (Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement) · Virginia onlyVirginians can claim free scholarships for self paced Google training, including the Google AI Professional Certificate, and build job ready digital and AI skills in IT support, data analytics or project management through the VirginiaHasJobs AI Career Launch Pad.CertificateFree if eligibleSelf pacedMore guides
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