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Strengthening America Together: Service & Conservation Corps Corps Offer Solutions to Some of America’S Most Pressing Challenges Strengthening America together: Service & Conservation corps Corps Offer Solutions to Some of America’s Most Pressing Challenges The Corps Network | 1275 K St., NW - Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20005 | 202-737-6272 | www.corpsnetwork.org Executive Summary The Corps Network: A leader in National Service Since 1985, The Corps Network (TCN) has provided leadership and support to America’s Service and Conservation Corps. TCN’s membership of over 130 Corps operate across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, touching thousands of lives every year. Through advocacy, and by providing Corps access to funding opportunities and expert guidance, TCN helps America’s Service and Conservation Corps offer quality programming and demonstrate accountability to their communities and the Corpsmembers they engage. Supporting corps to strengthen America America needs a Corps in every state and major community. By engaging youth and veterans in service, Corps address public lands and infrastructure needs. By supporting Corps, we can make America stronger together. Here’s what we can do: 1. Create a 21st Century Corps Leadership Council: A council comprised of representatives from the federal resource management and infrastructure agencies should oversee public-private partnerships between Corps and the government. This council would help relevant agencies use existing programs and funding to engage Corps in meeting their missions. 2. Encourage land agencies to allocate more of their existing budgets to partner with Corps: There are billions of dollars in backlogged maintenance and improvement projects on America’s public lands. Corps offer a cost- effective solution to complete this work. With the help of Corps, land management agencies can improve access to public lands and address wildfires and infrastructure needs. 3. Promote increased engagement of Corps in addressing urban challenges: Corps in America’s biggest cities address issues related to energy efficiency, water infrastructure, human services and transportation. Federal agencies should prioritize Corps on RFP’s and set-aside a portion of existing funds to, for example, engage Corps in the Community Development Block Grant program, and water and transportation projects. 4. Leverage disaster-related funding to increase Corps work in resiliency/disaster response: Corps implement natural resource and community resiliency projects and respond to major disasters. FEMA, and related disaster resiliency and mitigation funding, should be better leveraged to engage Corps in these efforts. 5. Expand service year opportunities: All young people who want to serve our country should be able to. AmeriCorps should be fully funded to reach 250,000 annual service members; non-competitive federal hiring and college credit should be provided for serving; Corps should be scaled up during times of high unemployment; and flexibility is needed to use Corps as workforce and pre-apprenticeship/apprenticeship programs. 1 The Corps Network The Impact of Service and Conservation Corps Corps play an indispensable role in communities across the United States. By engaging roughly 25,000 diverse young adults and recent veterans in national service every year, Corps address pressing community issues, ranging from broken sidewalks and rundown parks to wildfires and other natural disasters. The service projects Corps perform make our neighborhoods more resilient and our public lands and waters healthier and more accessible. Serving in teams under the guidance of skilled mentors, Corpsmembers receive valuable job training. They can also earn industry-recognized certifications and, at Corps that offer traditional educational programming, Corpsmembers can complete their high school requirements and enroll in college or technical school. Corps not only improve how our neighborhoods and parks look; they benefit the economy. Many Corpsmembers are young people who might otherwise be disconnected from school and the workforce. In exchange for their service, Corpsmembers receive a stipend and, in many cases, a scholarship to help them pursue further education or training. Graduates of Corps are competitive potential employees with grit and a sense of civic responsibility. Corps are a win-win-win for our communities, our people and our natural spaces. Restoring public lands and infrastructure while saving the government money Corps are essential partners of our country’s local, state and federal natural resource managers. Corps provide skilled labor to complete essential maintenance, improvement and access projects on public lands and waters. Corps help overburdened municipal and natural resource agencies meet project demands in a cost-effective manner. Support for Corps = Cost-effective ways to manage resources & fix deteriorating infrastructure Cutting Unemployment Corps train young adults for positions in growing sectors like resource and infrastructure management, energy and environmental remediation. Corps help their participants earn professional certifications and gain work experience through service projects. Intensive service also affords young people the chance to develop soft skills – like the abilities to communicate and take direction – that are essential for successful employment. Additionally, Corps assist returning veterans by helping them translate skills learned in the military into civilian careers. Support for Corps = Building a more competitive workforce Helping At-Risk Youth Get Back on Track Millions of youth are disconnected from school and work, costing taxpayers billions of dollars every year. The traditional school model doesn’t work for everyone; Corps give young people the chance to earn money while learning job skills and working towards a high school diploma or GED. The Corps program model combines education, mentoring, job training and service to the community: all the things a young person needs to become a productive adult. Support for Corps = Helping disconnected youth reach their full potential Making Communities & Public Lands More Sustainable and Resilient In an economic sense, Corps make communities resilient by creating a skilled workforce. Corps make communities physically more resilient by anticipating/responding to natural disasters and by completing projects that improve resource management. When natural disasters occur, Corps deploy across the country to help clean debris and organize donations and volunteers. Some Corps install energy, solar, and water-saving retrofits in businesses and low-income homes. Some Corps manage recycling facilities. Some Corps operate landscaping or green infrastructure programs to address drought. Some Corps assist wildland firefighting efforts and help mitigate invasive species. Corps help communities prepare for, and react to, the realities of our time. Support for Corps = Creating more resilient, modern and adaptable communities Continue reading to learn more about how Corps strengthen America 2 Examples of Corps Projects • Trail maintenance and construction • Fighting wildfires • Removing invasive species Corps Strengthen America • Prescribed burns • Building retaining walls What are Service and Conservation Corps? • Building campground infrastructure Service and Conservation Corps are comprehensive career development • Species monitoring and control programs that engage diverse, and often disadvantaged, young people • Landscaping (ages 16 – 25) in service projects that address local environmental and • Reintroducing native species community needs. Many Corps provide their Corpsmembers with a living allowance, scholarship money and access to counseling and career- • Habitat restoration planning services. Some Corps also enroll returning veterans (generally up • Stabilizing stream banks to age 35). Corps offer veterans the opportunity to continue to engage in • Water quality monitoring meaningful service while simultaneously training for civilian careers. • Operating recycling facilities Through service projects, Corpsmembers gain hands-on job experience • Recycling pick-up services and earn certifications related to energy efficiency, conservation, resource • Building and maintaining urban management and other growing fields. farms and gardens • Reclaiming abandoned lots What is The Corps Network? • Water infrastructure Founded in 1985, The Corps Network (TCN) is the National Association of • Irrigation Service and Conservation Corps. We tell the story of Corps on a national • Building parks level; advocate for federal policies that benefit Corps; operate an • Planting trees accreditation program to certify the quality of Corps programs; provide • Cleaning streams our members access to funding and project opportunities; and serve as a repository of knowledge on Corps operations. • Preserving historic buildings • Weatherizing homes One of TCN’s main roles is to respond to changing trends in workforce • Making homes more water efficient development, youth development and conservation. TCN has led • Installing solar panels successful initiatives to engage specific populations in Conservation Corps • Removing graffiti (e.g. veterans, opportunity youth, formerly incarcerated youth) and engage • Community education Corps in providing training in growing career fields (e.g. green energy, coastal restoration, historic preservation). TCN keeps America’s Corps relevant and responsive. Corps In Numbers - 2015 For example, through a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service, TCN leads the Opportunity Youth Service Initiative 17,984,000
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