2006 Massachusetts Code - Chapter 78A — Section 2. Youth conservation and service corps; objectives.

Section 2. (a) There is hereby established within the commission a youth conservation and service corps. The commission shall administer the corps in cooperation with the division of employment and training and the executive office of environmental affairs.

(b) The corps shall offer full-time, productive employment that provides measurable and visible community benefits in a natural resource or human service setting that gives participants a mix of work experience, basic and life skills, education, training, and support services.

(c) It shall be a main objective of the corps sponsors to assist members during and after their participation in the corps in preparing for and obtaining gainful employment or additional job training or education.

(d) It shall be a main objective of the corps sponsors to work with regional employment boards to obtain commitments from interested private sector employers to participate in the training and work preparation of corps members and to hire members who have successfully completed the program.