About the Corps
Director's Message
Here on our website you can learn about the C's, a great organization that works hard, helps turn lives around, and can always be counted on during times of disaster. The CCC is the original green jobs corps and successor to the great Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930's. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. said "Everyone can be great because everyone can serve" and for 32 years, the CCC has proven this to be true.
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Highlights
- The California Conservation Corps is the largest program of its kind in the country. Created in 1976, it's modeled after the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps.
- The CCC program matches up California's young people and its natural resources, benefiting both.
- Each year the CCC hires 3,300 corpsmembers between the ages of 18 and 25. They earn minimum wage, $8/hour.
- More than 100,000 young men and women have been a part of the CCC since 1976.
- The CCC is one of California's premier emergency response forces In 2008, corpsmembers devoted more than a half-million hours to fire response, and also fought floods and pest infestations.
- The CCC has 27 locations throughout California to assist with natural resource work and emergency response.
- The CCC is a cost-effective labor force, working for more than 250 local, state and federal agencies each year. Crews tackle more than 900 projects and generate more than $26 million annually for the CCC.
- The Corps has provided more than 9.3 million hours of emergency response on nearly every major natural disaster since 1976. Crews can be dispatched within hours anywhere in the state.
- All corpsmembers advance their education in the CCC. In the last three years, more than 4,000 corpsmembers worked to complete their high school diplomas. The CCC also offers two different scholarships for use after the CCC.
... AND MORE!
- A February survey from CCC Alumni says 98% would recommend the CCC to a family member or friend.
See other interesting survey results here.