sgtccso,

Congrats on 20 years in law enforcement (if I read your nic, right).

One thing you might try is a WIA grant. I don't know if it will work in your case, specifically, but it seems to me (not an expert) that it should. You have a few hoops to jump through, but it should pay for the tuition at the school. In fact, they have a list of schools that meet certain stadards - this can keep you from ending up in a fly-by-night rip-off scheme.

Taking that route, you are not beholden to ANY trucking company when you graduate from school.

The approval process (from start to finish) for me was less than 2 weeks, and, as I indicated, it's a *grant*. Paid for by your (and my) tax dollars. After school, you can pick from dozens of large companies that will hire school grads (Werner, US Express, Mays... just to name a couple-three).

The idea, here, is to keep your options open for as long as possible.

Just a thought, and worth whatever you care to make of it.

 

Yep, your right been there long enough but want to make a change to something that I started when I graduated from high school (worked in a trucking company - American Freight System) till I moved south. WIA grant, never heard of it - where do I start to look into this at? Thanks for your assistance.