So if they are awarded College Work Study, they are actually offered jobs? (the CWSP law says, or at least used to say, that the college needed only to “consider” students for employment. So a student could get a grant for $1000 but be unable to claim it if no campus employer (or participating nonprofit) would agree to hire the student.)
Some colleges will assign students jobs if they can’t find one but others will not.
Military service is still the best way to attend college if your parents cannot afford it. I attended private, non-profit, “Southern Ivy League” universities and didn’t have a penny of debt- Uncle Sam paid for my undergrad degree, I got a full scholarship for grad school due to my military service and hard work as an undergrad. Military veteran students generally do better in college because they have more discipline.