The City of Long Beach is asking for public feedback on the development of the Long Beach Youth Climate Corps, a new climate-related job placement program set to launch in the summer of 2022.
“The Long Beach Youth Climate Corps supports and engages Long Beach youth in workforce development and instills a focus on climate change and adaptation in future jobs,” Mayor Robert Garcia said in a statement. “Long Beach is a leader in this critical work to support climate change by training our workforce to help our residents and our environment.”
The Youth Climate Corps survey is available on the City’s website until March 10 at 11:59 p.m. and can be taken in English, Khmer, Spanish, and Tagalog.
According to the City, over the next two years the Youth Climate Corps will place 380 eligible youth between ages 16 to 30 in positions at public agencies and nonprofits to provide them with skill development, training and long-term job placement.
Young people enrolled in the Youth Climate Corps will be placed in roles involved with urban greening, urban agriculture, policy impact and food security, waste reduction and clean energy.
According to the City, the goal of the Youth Climate Corps is to bring together youth from communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic to work on urgent environmental problems while gaining paid work experience.
The Youth Climate Corps Program will be funded by $6.3 million in grants through the State’s 2021 CaliforniansForAll Youth Workforce Development Program.
The Youth Climate Corps Program is part of the Long Beach Recovery Act, a plan to provide economic and public health initiatives for Long Beach residents, workers and businesses that have been impacted by the pandemic.
