Free Money From the Government For Free Job Training

You could easily find a job, you tell yourself, if only you had a way to update your skill set – perhaps train for a new kind of trade. There are millions of Americans today who wish that there was something somewhere that could help them get the training they need, even when they have no money. Luckily though, free job training isn't some kind of wishful dream. The government, under the Workforce Investment Act, actually does have programs in place that can help you in this way.

For instance, if you've just been laid off, the government helps you get free job training worth $6000. You can learn a new skill for a career in an industry that's actually hiring. You can take the $6000 credit that you get from the government, go to your local community college and earn an associate's, degree. Or maybe you could take college classes at a university. You could even get free job training for something a bit more straightforward – such as repairing cars or household appliances or something. There are any number of skills you could train for.

Play your cards right, and you could find that you have a great new career waiting for you – you could be an artist, a registered nurse or an auto technician or anything. If you choose an approved institution to get your free job training from, you even have the option to add the $6000 that you get, to a low income award such as a Pell grant. Put the two together and you could receive about $12,000 worth of assistance to train yourself in a new area.

And oh – just so you think that this is just for people who  able to prove that they are poor, it isn't. The Workforce Investment Act doesn't ask for any kind of proof of income if you're interested in taking advantage of the $6000 grant.

Okay, so you're interested – how do you qualify for such a plan then?

The first thing that you need to do is to make sure that you are eligible, according to the standards established by your state. You need to apply, wait for the process to complete, and qualify. It can take a couple of months. You don't even have to be unemployed in the traditional sense – divorced homemakers who have nowhere to go all of a sudden, and business owners who have been pushed to bankruptcy – anyone can apply.

All you need to do is to go to CareerOneStop to find where the state unemployment office in your town is, and get the process going.