The California Association of Local Conservation Corps (CALCC) is the association that represents California’s 14 state-certified community conservation corps, also known as local corps. CALCC’s mission is to advance the conservation corps movement by strengthening collaboration between California’s local corps, promoting their impact and advocating on their behalf.
Every year, CALCC sponsors a Government Education Day, when corpsmembers from across the state convene in Sacramento to get to know each other and share their stories with state policymakers. Here are the video highlights from 2024.
30 Years of Supporting California
Youth Impact (FY 2020-21)
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS earned
CORPSMEMBERS transitioned to a job
CORPSMEMBERS transitioned to post-secondary or vocational education
30 Years of Supporting California
Environmental Impact (FY 2020-21)
Beverage Containers Collected & Recycled: 2,892,818 pounds
Trails, Roads, and Alleyways Cleaned & Restored: 3,409 miles
Waste Tires Collected & Recycled: 79,815
Habitat Restored: 7,991 acres
E-waste Collected & Recycled: 4,709,398 pounds
Litter Abatement: 15,973,277 pounds
WHO WE SERVE
Corpsmembers each year
Female
Male
are living below poverty level
have dropped out of high school
of court-involved corpsmembers do not recidivate during their time in program
SUCCESS STORY
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Climate Change Resiliency & Adaptation Conservation Corps North Bay and Civicorps To combat threats that are driving oysters to extinction, Conservation Corps North Bay and Civicorps partnered with the State Coastal Conservancy, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation on an innovative “nature-based adaptation” restoration project. Working alongside experts from Reef Innovations, a Florida-based group that has worked on similar projects in the past, our crews spent nine weeks fabricating oyster habitat structures that will be placed in the Giant Marsh area near Richmond. Our crew’s efforts were part of a larger project that adopts a “living shorelines” approach, with a focus on increasing habitat connectivity and shoreline protection.
TESTIMONIALS
- Did you know that Civicorps Recycling provides single stream collection services to over 1,200 businesses in Oakland, collecting 166 tons of recycling materials and 11 tons of E-waste every month? Recycling Interns who are on a pathway to become commercial truck drivers perform seven daily routes. Civicorps pays for all training hours on the road, behind-the-wheel training, and in the classroom. Once our Interns get their Class B commercial driver’s license, they’re eligible to transfer to Waste Management as a Teamster apprentice. We are so proud to announce that Santiago Galvez-Flores is the newest Recycling Intern promoted to an apprenticeship with WM. After training with Civicorps for two years, Santi was selected for this highly competitive position.SantiagoCivicorps
OUR PROMISE TO CALIFORNIA
The local corps have been supporting young people and the environment in California for over thirty years. Though CALCC is not a state agency, the state sets criteria for and certifies our local corps based on rigorous criteria (Public Resources Code, section 14507.5) and the local corps’ work helps the state to meet its recycling, conservation, climate change, and other environmental goals.
Our workforce development and education pathways ensure that California’s young people remain at the forefront of innovation and opportunity. From the coastline to the deserts, urban centers to rural farmlands, Californians can count on us to keep California green and ensure that all young people – our greatest asset – have the opportunity to thrive.