After a year of uncertainty, Job Corps is making a comeback

NPR | By Hanna Merzbach

Published October 27, 2026 at 2:19 PM MDT

Last year, President Trump ordered more than 100 Job Corps training programs to close to save federal funds. A lawsuit stopped that, and now enrollment is up for "AI-proof" trade career training.

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