we are the california conservation corps
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A year of paid service in the California Conservation Corps can put you on a path to success, where you’ll get paid to train and transform your life!
Our Mission
To protect and enhance California’s natural resources and communities while empowering and developing young adults through hard work and education.
Who
We are 1,587 Corpsmembers strong
What
The nation’s largest & longest running corps program
When
Young adults enroll year-round
Where
Based at 25 locations, we serve all of California
Get Paid While
You Train
Corpsmembers receive hands-on training across many different career pathways in natural resources fields. Training opportunities and project types vary by center and may have additional requirements. The CCC’s main year-round program offers paid training in the following areas:
Making A Difference
CCC Chico Center Corpsmember Trinity Gebhardt uses a McLeod while preparing an area for a prescribed burn as part of the CCC Forestry Corps in Magalia, CA.
Our Locations
The California Conservation Corps offers young adults the opportunity to work and live at nine residential centers across California. Alternatively, you can stay closer to home and report to one of our 15 non-residential locations throughout the state.
Latest CCC Updates
It takes a small village of Corpsmembers to help keep a wildland firefighting base camp — like the one in Santa Maria on the #GiffordFire — running smoothly. The camp is as big, if not bigger, as the towns some Corpsmembers hail from.
The reasons for joining the CCC Backcountry Trails Program are different. The result of growing skills and growing self, that’s something all enrollees seem to find.
You can call it an opportunity, a perk, or just being advantageous. CCC Inland Empire Corpsmembers also call it an honor to get paid while they train and earn their Emergency Medical Technician, or EMT, certification.
In June, more than a dozen recent Corpsmembers moved on in their careers by joining CAL FIRE.