Project Spotlight – Northwest Youth Corps Programs
Recipient: Northwest Youth Corps Program
Award Amount: $227,203
The recipient reported that these Recovery funds would be used to:
- Offer youth employment and development opportunities
- Create 29 work weeks (432 hours) for 11 youth participants ages 16-19 and two adult crew leaders to participate in Conservation Corps Programs
- Fund youth stipends and transportation costs
- Purchase tools and camping equipment
Crewmember work involved maintenance within the Okanogan-Wenatchee Forest in Washington. Reportable outcomes at project completion included:
- 32.97 miles of trail maintained
- 874 drainage structures installed
- 9 stream crossings
- 1,030 feet of turnpike built
- 10 foot bridge built
- 400 feet of puncheon built
- 125 feet of trail decommissioned
- 52 feet of retaining wall built
- 8 check dams installed
- 17 logs bucked out of the trail system
Project Status: Completed
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It’s great to see a program which provides work for teens — the unemployment rate for for teens is 24.5%, much higher than the average unemployment rate for all age groups of 9.2%. Also good they are working outdoors and getting some exercise. Sounds like a great job!