Facts and statistics – let our numbers do the talking.
In the past year alone
84% corpsmembers successfully transitioned into high quality employment, college or other post-secondary educational opportunities.
17,551 service hours were accrued by 12 Restoration & Ecosystem Management AmeriCorps members in the completion of 285 projects in habitat, ecosystem monitoring and maintenance.
6,726 volunteers under the direction of Restoration & Ecosystem Management AmeriCorps members accrued 29,687 hours of service to environmental projects.
12,815 hours of service were completed by 10 Youth in Environmental Service AmeriCorps members who coordinated 514 service projects with 2,009 middle and high school students.
593 environmental education lessons were presented by corpsmembers to 3,335 youth.
60 acres of invasive vegetation were removed to restore habitats for native flora.
41 miles of country creeks were maintained to enhance habitats and reduce flood hazards.
10,892 native plants were installed to restore degraded wildlife habitats.
154 acres of flammable vegetation were cleared to create defensive space adjacent to endangered neighborhoods.
47,392 feet of trails were maintained to reduce erosion and improve public access and safety.
5,170 feet of exclusionary fencing was installed to protect sensitive habitats.
1,823 tires were removed from wild areas and 51 brush piles were burned to restore habitat.
312,000 pounds of glass, aluminum, plastic, paper and cardboard were collected and recycled from 596 collection points in Marin and Sonoma Counties.
2,900 pounds of electronic waste were collected and recycled.
93 special events were serviced by corpsmembers who staffed waste-recovery stations and delivered lessons on recycling to event guests.
208 recycling bins were constructed from recycled plastic lumber and placed in high-traffic areas in parks and schools.
50 litter abatement projects beautified parks and open space.
170 middle and high school youth completed 317 service projects with local communities and parks.
160,500 square feet of public lands were beautified by 170 middle and high school students who removed 1, 472 pounds of trash and 1,179 pounds of recyclable materials.
Our financials
Total budget for fiscal year 2008-2009: $5,951,985
Corpsmember demographics – who we serve
85% come from families with annual incomes of $15,000 or less.
One out of every three corpsmembers has dependent children.
75% of our new entrants lack language skills to hold minimum wage positions.
55% are Hispanic, 28% are Caucasian, 13% are African American, 5% are Asian or other.
Fact and fiction
Fiction: CCNB only serves disadvantaged, high-risk youth.
Fact: CCNB is open to all youth, ages 18-28 for its year-round programs and grades 6 - 12 for its summer youth program. CCNB promotes diversity by recruiting youth from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds—youth who would probably never meet outside of CCNB.
Fiction: CCNB is a government program.
Fact: CCNB is America's first local non-profit conservation corps. It's not a government organization. Modeled on the highly successful Civilian Conservation Corps, CCNB continues in a tradition that has provided promising futures for more than nine million young men and women nationwide since 1933.
Fiction: CCNB corpsmembers pick up litter along the highway in their orange jumpsuits.
Fact: CCNB is not a community service program for offenders to complete in lieu of going to jail or paying a fine. It is a job training and education program for youth. That's why our workers are usually smiling.
Fiction: Youth can get a job through CCNB.
Fact: CCNB is a one-year job training program whose focus is on skill building and education.
Fiction: CCNB programs and projects only serve poor communities in Marin and Sonoma Counties.
Fact: Our programs help preserve and maintain natural resources throughout the counties we serve. Nature knows no economic barriers and neither do we.
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