Ask HN: Does anyone have experience creating free, community programming classes?

I'm an SDE in Seattle. Right now I'm interviewing people for a web developer position on my team and I'm seeing a lot of self-taught people coming through that definitely have a firm grasp on the basics, but just aren't there yet.

Some of these folks are Veterans and it's been making me feel like crap that I can't direct them to better resources that can help them. I think Code Fellows and the like are a little too onerous (and expensive) for some people, so I thought it might be worthwhile to volunteer my time at a worthwhile community center, church, or something, but it seems like nothing of the sort exists.

I know there are online resources, but I don't think everyone's learning-style jives with being self-taught, and my biggest issue is that some of these people just need someone who is actually in the industry to tell them where their knowledge-gaps are and what it actually takes to get hired.

Has anyone ever tried to set something like this up? If so, was it worth it?