@Mr. Eliezer
There are plenty of entry level openings out there that require no skills (e.g. flipping burgers and stocking shelves). One can easily get a job without even graduating high school that will let them swim and grow from there. There are enough public schools out there that just about anyone can get a high school diploma for practically nothing. So, yes, he can make it on his own without skills or a springboard.
As I said earlier but you failed to address in your numerous posts-
“If the only ones getting handouts were those who are truly unable to swim on their own and those who are temporarily in a rough spot- the whole entitlement disaster would be a non-issue.”