Colorado Youth Corps Association

Corps support & project management:1)supported statewide Youth participation of 2008 Youth at 8 independently operating Youth conservation corps;2)provided land managers with 453 weeks of work throughout the state;3)coordinated $4,198,446.93 in statewide fee-for-service contracts with public lands managers including cyca's admin fees;expenses: $3,809,786.05 against contract pass-through income of $3,809,536.07; of this activity, $1,468,545,63 in pass-thru income was billed to the coswap (Colorado strategic wildfire action program);another $458,169.60 in pass-thru income was billed to Colorado parks & wildlife state trails-off-highway vehicle program. 4)renewed americorps fixed award grant, "Youth Corps for Colorado", for program year 2022 (py2022) starting 1.1.2023; expenses $2,462,020 against grant pass-through income of $2,456,134. Income and expense both include a quarterly commission of approx. 2.1% to serve Colorado, of $52,429. In 2023 cyca billed py2021 admin fee of $120,00 and py2022 admin fee of $125,276. The balance of py2022 admin fee was billed in january 2024. Income total includes $5,886 billed in january for december 2022 corpsmember hours. In 2023, americorps provided americorps education awards for 364 young people:ft (1700 hrs) to 8 members at $6495 ea = $51,960.00 tqt (1200 hrs) to 31 members at $4546.50 = $140,941.50 ht (900 hrs) to 28 members at $3247.50 = $90,930.00 rpt (675 hrs) to 41 members at $2474.50 = $101,454.50 qt (450 hrs) to 140 members at $1718.25 = $240,555.00 mt (300 hrs) to 116 members at $1374.60 = $159,453.60 for a total of $785,294.60. Note that cyca admin fee for ycco grant billed in 2023 included $120,200 for py2021 and $125,276 for py2022.b) in 2023, under this same program, cyca provided financial support for americorps program costs-per-member through 5 participating Youth corps;larimer county conservation Corps - 23 members totaling $115,446.41mile high Youth Corps (2 locations: denver and southern front range) - 137 members totaling $890,131.41rocky mountain Youth Corps - 199 members totaling $1,230,134.63weld county Youth conservation Corps - 28 members totaling $152,070.21western Colorado conservation Corps - 22 members totaling $91,273.63for a grand total of 409 members totaling $2,479,056.29.5)in addition, in 2023 cyca enrolled members under a second americorps fixed award grant, "Colorado climate Corps. "under this program in py2022, cyca passed through $1,766,278 in expenses vs. pass-thru income of $1,766,368; income and expense both include serve Colorado commission of approx. 2.1%, of $43,643. In 2023 cyca billed py2021 admin fee of $81,629 and py2022 admin fee of $125,491. The balance of py2022 admin fee was billed in 2024. In 2023, americorps provided americorps education awards for 275 young people:tqt (1200 hrs) to 5 members at $$4546.50 = $22,732.50ht (900 hrs) to 39 members at $3247.50 = $126,652.50rpt (675 hrs) to 43 members at $2474.27 = $108,867.88qt (450 hrs) to 106 members at $1718.26 = $182,135.03mt (300 hrs) to 82 members at $1374.26 = $112,717.20for a total of $553,105.11. B) in 2023, under this same program, cyca provided financial support for americorps program costs-per-member through 5 participating Youth corps:conservation legacy (scc-fc and scc-lv) - 73 members totaling $420,243.51larimer county conservation Corps - 29 members totaling $153,208.82mile high Youth Corps (2 locations: denver & southern front range) - 91 members totaling $411,338.04rocky mountain Youth Corps - 102 members totaling $611,864.70western Colorado conservation Corps - 24 members totaling $157,211.34for a grand total of 319 members totaling $1,753,866.41.6)in cooperation with bureau of land management, we enrolled or continued 65 interns; 7 were continuing from 2022, an additional 42 finished their terms in 2023 while 16 continued into 2024, serving a total of 35,955 hours.

Technical assistance:expenses of $81,087 in staff time plus travel costs of $15,525 related to supporting Corps trainings and best practices, with income from Corps dues and program service fees of $49,684; and expenses of $75,335 including caee and cyca staff time, related to trainings for the careers in natural resources initiative, with income from grants of $20,000 from us forest service.1)convened Corps directors, program managers, and additional staff for cyca's annual Corps retreat; brought together Corps directors & program managers with project partners and other stakeholders for cyca facilitated meetings, supported by grant funding, to share best practices, lessons learned, and potential collaborations & partnerships going forward.2)partnered with Colorado alliance for environmental education (caee) to promote careers in natural resources initiative, supported by grant funding, to improve coordination between natural resources agencies, institutions of higher learning, and nonprofit partners with the goal of building more pathways to natural resources careers tasks included publishing a website, greenpathways.org, geared toward career awareness for high school students; and beginning the development of a career exploration website for young adult job seekers.