Sammamish Home Care Aides with an active credential can reach NA-C status through a 40-hour, $800 bridge in Federal Way: 5 weekdays or about 2.5 weekends, about 34 miles by SR 18, then the $155 state exam under route E6.
Sammamish itself has senior living and adult family homes; the hospital jobs are in Issaquah, Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond. Indeed lists about $23.77 per hour in Issaquah and $26.08 in Redmond, approximate.
Sammamish has no CNA program inside the city. Compare Bellevue College and LWTech on the quarter calendar with the 4-week, 108-hour, $1,100 course in Federal Way, about 34 miles away by SR 18 or reachable by Route 269 and light rail.