1: Recommandations
The Committee will provide advice on:(1) a framework for the 21CSC, including program components, structure, and implementation,
as well as accountability and performance evaluation criteria to measure success; (2) certification criteria for 21CSC providers
and individual certification of 21CSC members; (3) strategies to overcome existing barriers to successful 21CSC program implementation;
(4) partnership opportunities with corporations, private businesses or entities, foundations, and non-profit groups, as well
as state, local, and tribal governments, to expand support for conservation corps programs, career training and youth employment
opportunities; and (5) pathways for 21 CSC participants for future conservation engagement and natural resource careers. The
Committee is a discretionary advisory committee established under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, in furtherance
of the Take Pride in America Program, 16 U.S.C. 4601 et seq., and Ken Salazar, Department of the Interior, Thomas J. Vilsack,
Department of Agriculture, Lisa P. Jackson, Environmental Protection Agency and Nancy J. Sutley, Council on Environmental
Quality, America’s Great Outdoors: A Promise to Future Generations (2011).
Objective(s):
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