20210519-002a: Austin Civilian Conservation Corps Program Overview — original pdf

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Austin Civilian Conservation Corps Program Overview Environmental Commission | 04/19/2021 1 1 Background & Structure 2 ACCC Background The Austin Civilian Conservation Corps helps Austinites who have been economically impacted by COVID-19 earn income, serve their community, and gain skills that can lead to strong new careers in conservation and sustainability fields. Key points ● Created by Council Resolution 20200507-061 (May 2020). Happy 1 year anniversary! ● COVID-19 recovery workforce development program focused on green jobs, modeled (in spirit) after 1930s CCC program ● Focused on creating equitable access to low-barrier programs that provide income, support, and pathways to additional jobs/careers/training ● Run by a program team with representatives from eight departments ● Authorized to seek $2.5M - $500K from GFR and $2M from departments 2 Where We Are Now 4 Current Programs and Funding Program Area Parks, Preserves, & Wildfire Green Building and Solar Cultural Arts Community Co-creation Green Pathways COA Departments PARD, WPD, DSD, AWD, AFD Sustainability, Innovation EDD Cultural Arts, PARD Innovation PARD, WPD Partner Organizations American Youthworks, GAVA, TOOF Raasin in the Sun, Creative Action MEASURE, Build with Humanity Internal to COA Gulf Coast Carpenters and Millwrights, Community 1st Village Participants 54 Funding Level $2.81M 9 $39K 41 $143K 20+ $40K 4 $200K 108 positions | $3.232M | 2 years 5 Potential Future ACCC Programs Program Funding Partner Depts Begins Participants City positions? Greenspace and Parks Conservation - $1.598M Greenspace and Preserves Crew year two $450K PARD Stream Cleanup and Restoration Crew year two $223K WPD Green infrastructure crew Tree health team $400K WPD, PWD $450K PARD, DSD, APL Forestry/Landscaping individual placements $75K PARD, APL Wildfire Mitigation - $150K Wildfire Crew full funding year two $150K AFD, AWD FY22 Green Building and Renewable Energy - $570K Green Building & Solar Installation (2 cohorts) $70k Sustainability Residential green building and repair crew $500K HPD, DSD Circular Economy and Resource Recovery - $2.08M Circular economy apprenticeship program $550K ARR, EDD Community PC Repair Program expansion $670K Digital Inclusion COA office and equipment repair team $750K ARR (possibly BSD) FY21 Scale the Building Services Surplus Program $110K BSD Community Engagement and Preparedness - $700K Climate emergency and mutual aid corps $500K EDD, Sustainability Environmental project info community outreach $200K WPD FY22 FY22 FY21 Fy21 FY22 FY21 FY21 FY21 FY21 FY21 FY21 FY21 8-10 8-10 8-10 7 3 8-10 18 8-10 50 40 5 1 100 15 Y (1) Y (3) N N N N N N Y (1) Y (3) Y (5) Y (1) Y (1-2) Y (.5-1) Total $5.099M 279-286 6 Partners All current ACCC initiative rely on partner organizations to structure the programs, recruit participants, and carry out the work. 7 Outreach and Engagement Communications and web presence ● https://www.austintexas.gov/department/austin-civilia n-conservation-corps ● Social via through department and COA accounts ● A multi-department comms team, led by CPIO distributes information about ACCC programs, runs social campaigns, etc. Partners ● Partner organizations carry out low-barrier application processes and participant selection ● ACCC established data collection and reporting metrics ● In close collaboration with Travis County to establish a that all partners must use regional Conservation Corps 8 3 What’s Next 9 Building the ACCC Program Alignment We’ve done a great job identifying programs opportunities from departments. Now, we want to understand what residents need and want, so that we can create programs to fulfill that. ● Community co-creation (in progress with partner orgs) ● Green jobs economic analysis (in progress with UT) ● Green jobs incubator / accelerator for new programs (desired, pilot in discussion) Commitments ● Working to obtain funding commitments from departments for programs in FY22 and beyond, and permanently establish the ACCC through the FY22 budget and potentially the ARP spending framework. Analysis and Adaptations ● Will use data from program performance, user research, and the economic analysis to understand what’s working, what needs to adapt, and what gaps we need to fill in FY22 to continue to grow the ACCC. 10 4 In the Future 11 Long Term Goals The ACCC core team is working to: ● Establish the ACCC as a permanent, cross-departmental program with budget ● Evolve into a community-driven program where residents inform direction and structure ● Partner with additional groups within and outside the City org ● Expand to a regional approach, align with similar state/federal initiatives ● Help others replicate our model 12 Thank You! Questions? Daniel Culotta | City of Austin Office of Innovation | daniel.culotta@austintexas.gov