Have you checked w/Melissa Valley out there? They used to have a training program. Didn't pay but about.28 a mile but they run I-20 all the time. Pretty decent equipment. Also check w/local Work Force. They probably have free training programs. Good luck.
If you have no experience none of the companies that will hire you are reasonable . If they were reasonable people wouldn't keep quitting and they wouldn't be constantly hiring . There are no new jobs , just a lot of new drivers .
unfortunately, that is happening in the private sector too..i was fired from a place i worked at in the health field after being their 14 yrs....and now in my job search, i found out their is no jobs in that particular sector of health job, the field is flooded with workers, and basically few new openings.....due to the lost of jobs, everyone is going into the health jobs, and becoming harder to get