Milwaukee Youth Summer Employment Opportunity

Conservation Leadership Corps OverviewGreater Milwaukee Committee Meetings – February, 2009

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Conservation Leadership Program

Initiated in 2006 in Milwaukee

Continued and expanded in 2007 – 2008

Looking for additional sponsors in 2009

Provides meaningful summer jobs – 7 weeks for inner-city, diverse youth One week of job-readiness training (resume writing, interview skills, how to apply for a job, on-line job searches, and financial literacy) Six weeks spent on projects such as; boardwalk construction, trail construction, erosion prevention, habitat restoration, removal of invasive species, and building benches and bridges

Collaboration among public and private sector: Johnson Controls Student Conservation Association Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board Milwaukee County Parks Local businesses and foundations

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CLC program elements

Conservation Leadership Corps program includes following elements:

Environmental sustainability

Leadership development

Inclusion/diversity

Youth focus

Employee involvement

Community impact

NGO relationships

Media component

Employee engagement survey impact:

Corporate Social Responsibility

I am satisfied with what my company is doing to support the community where I work.

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Johnson Controls wanted to invest in a signature program which synthesized our goals of bringing diversity, environmental sustainability and leadership development to our local communities

Started as a response to Mayor Barrett’s City of Milwaukee Summer Jobs Program

How did the CLC get started?

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About the Student Conservation Association (SCA)Founded in 1957

The Nation’s Leading Provider of Conservation Volunteers

50+ Years of Students Conserving: America’s National Parks National Forests Public Lands City Green Spaces

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Provide Youth Conservation Workforce High School Summer Conservation Crews College Internships Community Conservation Diversity Focused-Initiatives

What They Do

Who They Are

MissionTo build the next generation of conservation leaders and inspire lifelong stewardship of our environment and communities by engaging young people in hands-on service to the land.

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Program’s Reach

Initiated in 2006 in Milwaukee

Expanded to Baltimore in 2007

Added Detroit in 2008

Number of CLC participants

2006 2007 2008Milwaukee 40 47 67Baltimore 40 40Detroit 89

Total students served by program: 323

94% retention rate over 3 yrs

86% responded they would like to participate again

Over 70% of 2006 Alumni surveyed reported they got another job during the following school year and summer

Metrics:

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Grant Park

• Restored parts of Seven Bridges Trail, where hikers had created their own paths, unknowingly destroying native vegetation

Kohl Park• Cut and built the park’s first public trail, providing long-awaited access to the park

Estabrook Park

• Cleared and removed invasive buckthorn trees and honeysuckle bushes, which have been crowding out and killing native species

Washington Park (in partnership with Urban Ecology Center)

• Installed a nature trail and teaching vista on island in lagoon using a canoe. Built 8 “Aldo Leopold” benches for the island, constructed and installed a timber boardwalk for a section of marshland, and painted murals inside the Center’s newly leased educational building on a few rainy days

About the projects – in the Parks

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• 3,360 ft of trail maintained • 2,505 ft of new trail built• 16 water bars constructed• 15 social trails shut down and restored• 2 bridges and 1 fence removed• 5 drainage ditches dug• 12 acres of invasive species removed• 6 trees planted• 2 bridges built

About the results – Summer service accomplishments in parks

2006• 8,110 ft of trail maintained• 625 ft of new trail built• 638 trees/native plants planted• Removed invasive species and restored 545 ft² area• 75 steps built• 1 retaining wall built• 69 pieces of erosion prevention cribbing installed• 3 turnpikes built• 1 timber boat landing built• 1 30-foot treated timber boardwalk built and installed• 8 timber “Aldo Leopold” benches built and installed

2007

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About the results – Youth Leadership and Career Development

Advancing Youth Leaders in Conservation Careers

Eight 2006 MCLC alumni hired into new conservation job opportunities in 2007

2 seasonal Milwaukee County Parks and Recreation (4 projected in 2008)

2 MCLC Apprentice Leaders

4 alumni members

Program Impact

88% of 2006 alumni reported their interest in the environment has changed as a result of the program

76% of 2006 alumni reported working another job after participating in MCLC, with

35% reported working in the outdoor/environmental field or with a community or non-profit organization

71% of those alumni using the program as a reference in securing their subsequent jobs

“I learned a lot because we talked about how to set up for college, manage money, and act on a job.”

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The investment

2008 Funding: $513,000 - 67 students

Johnson Controls - $313,000

Other local corporate funders $200,000:Greater Milwaukee Foundation

Helen Bader Foundation

Northwestern Mutual

QuadGraphics

SAP America, Inc.

Wisconsin Energy Foundation

Rockwell Automation

Gilbane Construction

Baird Foundation

TOTAL: $7,800 per student

Funding levels:

$5,000 base level

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

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Thank you!

Contact information:

Jennifer MattesDirector, Global Public Affairs

Johnson Controls

Diversity & Public Affairs - Corporate(tel) +1-414-524-2349

jennifer.b.mattes@jci.comMilwaukee, WI USA

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