Your Recovery Dollars At Work

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will provide an unprecedented opportunity for Corps to demonstrate outcomes and serve communities and young people. Below find a growing list of Corps projects that will be utilizing Recovery funding to create jobs, engage young people in service and job training, and make our nation's communities more sustainable.

Also note, our Recovery Resource Center is dedicated to answering questions and addressing issues Corps may face in receiving Recovery fund money -- and it is available to all members!

Shovel-Ready? Corps Prove Their Readiness as Recovery Funds Reach the Field

California Conservation Corps - Newly hired members of the California Conservation Corps put their shovels in the ground in March, as the first to hold jobs funded by the federal stimulus bill, through the U.S Forest Service. The CCC crew, working on trails in the San Bernardino National Forest, garnered attention from the New York Times, the Associated Press, ABC network news, and many local television stations.

The CCC tackled its second stimulus project for the Forest Service the following week, working in the Shasta-Trinity National forest in Northern California.

Southwest Conservation Corps, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, and Western Colorado Conservation Corps - As older generations of workers fill jobs normally held by teens, young adults in today's weak economy are being disproportionately affected by barriers to employment. But thanks to Corps like Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Southwest Conservation Corps-Four Corners, and Western Colorado Conservation Corps, young people in Colorado will be able to endure these difficult economic times-and find truly fulfilling work.

Fifty-two young adults will be put to work on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest to remove trees in a beetle-infested forest corridor. Thanks to an agreement between the Colorado Youth Corps Association and US Forest Service-Rocky Mountain Region, these three youth conservation Corps will receive $420,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding and will offer fifty-two young people the chance to work, learn job skills, and serve their communities. Read the press release to find out more about how these funds will be implemented.

Los Angeles Conservation Corps & California Conservation Corps - San Bernardino National Forest has announced two projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that will focus on trail work and energy efficiency improvements. To do this work, the Forest will partner with crews from LA Conservation Corps and California Conservation Corps. The conservation work done by these Corps will benefit the citizens of southern California and provide Corpsmembers with opportunities to learn about and compete for long-term conservation careers. Read more in the Bear Valley News and The Sun.

Minnesota Conservation Corps - Through the ‘‘American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, $557,000 of funding will be used to improve conditions on the Superior National Forest's extensive trail system, including hiking, portage, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, ATV, and interpretive trails. Work will be performed through a partnership with Minnesota Conservations Corps (MCC). Trail work will involve brushing, tread work, installation of water control structures, boardwalk reconstruction, and trail sign maintenance in various areas of the Superior National Forest. Read the press release.

Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Steamboat Springs - From the roughly $5.6 million in Recovery money received by Colorado forests, $238,400 was contracted to Rocky Mountain Youth Corps in Steamboat Springs. RMYC estimates that the stimulus dollars will be used to field an additional 48 crew weeks this summer within Corps throughout Colorado (with a crew week consisting of as many as 10 workers, working 40 hours a week). Currently, RMYC is "hiring like mad" and looking to fill these slots with out-of-work young people, ages 18 to 25 years old. Read more in the Steamboat Pilot & Today.

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