Job Corps — construction and skilled-trades tracks Free
U.S. Department of Labor · residential-training-program
Free residential trade training for low-income 16-to-24-year-olds — "All at no cost to you," with free housing, meals, basic medical care and a living allowance, and explicitly "without any student debt." The common misunderstanding: that it competes with a union apprenticeship. It usually FEEDS one — Job Corps and pre-apprenticeship providers like HBI run together, and the apprenticeship is the next step, not the alternative.
✓ 100+ training areas across 10 in-demand industries including construction and manufacturing; DOL-operated