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Education Library
Schools, training programs, apprenticeships, certifications, and how to pay for them. Everything here is a real pathway into a trade or a field, and every official link goes to the government body that publishes it.
Search this library, or browse the sections below. Official links open the government source directly.
Find a program
Where to look for a school, a registered apprenticeship, or a training program that leads somewhere.
College Scorecard — U.S. Department of Education
Compare colleges and programs by cost, graduation rate, and what graduates actually earn. The federal record, not a marketing page.
Official resourceApprenticeship.gov — U.S. Department of Labor
The official register of registered apprenticeships. Earn while you learn, searchable by trade and by state.
Official resourceEducation & Training
Courses, programs, and continuing education, gathered in one place.
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Pay for it
Federal aid, grants, and the official places that tell you what you qualify for.
Federal Student Aid — U.S. Department of Education
Apply for federal aid, understand the types of aid, and check your loan status. The only place to file the FAFSA.
Official resourceGrants.gov — Federal grants
Every federal grant opportunity in one search. Most are for organisations, but training and workforce grants are listed here.
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Certifications & credentials
What a certificate, a licence, and a certification each mean, and how to check one.
Where it leads
What the training is for: the work itself, what it pays, and how many openings are expected.
State & local programs
Workforce boards, community college programs, and state-funded training that vary by where you live.
Programs are run state by state and district by district, and we have not catalogued them yet. We will not list a program we have not confirmed.
Any link here goes to an official government agency. We do not control its content, and we do not check, certify, or endorse any business or professional. Pathways is educational guidance only, and it does not guarantee an outcome, a licence, or a job.
Career Library
Occupation guides grouped into six career families. Each guide says what the work is actually like, how people get in, what it pays, and where to check the rules where you live.
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Browse all occupationsOfficial sources
The government bodies the guides are built on. Nothing here is a school, a recruiter, or a paid listing.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Outlook Handbook
The federal source for the pay, education, and employment projections shown on this page.
Official resourceApprenticeship.gov — U.S. Department of Labor
The official register of registered apprenticeship programmes. Search by trade and by state, and confirm that a programme is registered before you trust it.
Official resourceCareerOneStop — U.S. Department of Labor
Official wage data for your own area, local training listings, and the American Job Center nearest you.
Official resourceO*NET OnLine — U.S. Department of Labor
A detailed breakdown of the tasks, tools, and knowledge each occupation actually involves, maintained by the Department of Labor.
Official resourceU.S. Department of Labor
Federal rules on wages, safety, and training, and the starting point for finding the state agency that governs a trade.
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Requirements where you live
Licensing is decided state by state, and it is never stated here as a national rule.
Any link here goes to an official government agency. We do not control its content, and we do not check, certify, or endorse any business or professional. Pathways is educational guidance only, and it does not guarantee an outcome, a licence, or a job.
Business Library
Starting, registering, insuring, and running a business, with the official resources that govern each step. Where we have not written guidance yet, we say so rather than fill the space.
Search this library, or browse the sections below. Official links open the government source directly.
Start a business
The federal starting point: choosing a structure, writing a plan, and finding help near you.
Register & license
Registering the business, and the licences and permits a specific trade may need.
Business Resources — official links by state
Registration, licensing, and compliance sources, filed by state and by industry, each one linked to the agency that publishes it.
OpenSmall Business and Self-Employed — IRS
Employer identification numbers, business taxes, and the filings a new business owes.
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Insurance & compliance
The federal rules that apply to a workplace, whatever the trade and wherever it is.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Workplace safety standards and the requirements an employer carries. A blocked automated check here does not mean the site is unavailable in a browser.
Official resourceEqual Employment Opportunity Commission
The federal rules on hiring, harassment, and discrimination that apply from the first employee.
Official resourceEnvironmental Protection Agency
Environmental rules that apply to trades handling waste, solvents, coatings, or refrigerants.
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Money & funding
Loans, local assistance, and where to ask before you borrow.
Loan programs — U.S. Small Business Administration
The federal loan programs a small business can apply for, and how each one works.
Official resourceLocal assistance — SBA district offices
Free counselling and mentoring near you, including Small Business Development Centers and SCORE.
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Get listed with Sunshine Verified
How a business joins the Directory, and what the Pledge asks of it.
Operations & growth
Hiring your first employee, pricing work, contracts, and growing without losing the thread.
We have not written operations or growth guidance yet. It will be written by people who run businesses, not generated to fill the page.
Any link here goes to an official government agency. We do not control its content, and we do not check, certify, or endorse any business or professional. Pathways is educational guidance only, and it does not guarantee an outcome, a licence, or a job.
Need to research requirements or official information?
Resources collects official websites and helpful research tools for every state and industry.
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Sunshine Verified is building a nationwide collection of educational and career resources, and it grows through what people like you share. Lumi will guide you through sending a program, an apprenticeship, an official resource, or a correction. A person reads every contribution, and nothing is published on its own.
A suggestion is not a verification. Nothing you send is published, and nothing is described as checked, until a person has reviewed it.
