COLORADO YOUTH CORPS ASSOCIATION

Technical assistance:expenses of $173,452 in staff time plus travel costs of $20,762 related to supporting corps trainings and best practices, with income from corps dues and program service fees of $57,055;and expenses of $59,666 including caee and cyca staff time, related to trainings for the careers in natural resources initiative, with income from grants of $60,000 from us forest service & blm.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.