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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!

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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:

Corpsmember using a McLeod tool during a burn prep project.

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 commute to one of our 15 non-residential locations throughout the state.

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Latest CCC Updates

Inland Empire Corpsmembers may not be firefighters, but their hard work in steep terrain will help keep communities safe after a prescribed burn by California State Parks.

Los Angeles Center Corpsmembers are getting the hands-on opportunity to learn how to keep an arboretum and botanical garden running as part of a special internship program.

Magalia Corpsmembers helped teach German volunteer firefighters a new language, that of wildland firefighting lingo and skills.

Norwalk Corpsmembers are helping California build its EV infrastructure.

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