Federal funding permitting,
Minnesota GreenCorps will put 30 people to work on a third round of its annual green-job Americorps program.
Since 2009, the statewide, federally funded employment and training
program has placed more than 50 Americorps workers in 11-month
green-jobs positions with local governments, educational institutions,
and non-profit organizations.
The program's second year is still in process, with 26 full-time
employees working at 25 host sites (the bulk of them in the Twin
Cities) in the areas of energy conservation and air quality, waste
prevention and recycling, living green outreach, and green
infrastructure.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is taking applications for both
host organizations (through May 5) and workers (through May 26) for the
2011�2012 season, which will run from September 2011 through August of next year.
The program may also offer five half-time positions for current students
at the University of Minnesota, Morris, another GreenCorps partner.
The 2011�2012 program is dependent on approval of federal funding from
the Corporation for National and Community Service, according to the
GreenCorps website. Funding also comes through ServeMinnesota, the state
commission for all AmeriCorps' state programs in Minnesota.
Source: Minnesota GreenCorps
Writer: Jeremy Stratton