What would you do with people who volunteered for service, but were turned down by Uncle for, say, defective eyesight?
Doesn’t have to be military service. Stick ‘em in the new-model CCC or its equivalent for six years. How good does your eyesight have to be to handle a pick and shovel?
Assuming that they are able to perform some work ... i.e they are not truely disabled, the individual would then seek out state / local civil service employment.
This could be any number of positions from health inspectors, police, fire, emergency service, jail guards, court clerks, maintenance, or administration.
One point of contention is that I do not consider school districts (at least how they are constituted in Colorado) to be state or local government service. However, an argument could be made to include education in the qualification for service.