1. The Iowa conservation corps is established in this state. The objectives of the corps are to provide meaningful and productive public service jobs for the young, the unemployed, the handicapped, and the elderly. The corps shall provide opportunities in the areas of park maintenance and restoration, soil conservation, wildlife and land management, energy savings, community improvement projects, tourism, economic development, and work benefiting human service programs. The general assembly intends that participation in the corps will provide the participants with an opportunity to explore careers, gain work experience, and contribute to the general welfare of their communities and state. The corps shall provide the following programs:
a. A full-time public service employment and training program for young adults with a program emphasis on resource and wildlife conservation, public recreation, or related areas to be known as the "young adult program".
b. A public service employment program for disadvantaged and handicapped youth attending school to be known as the "in- school program".
c. A summer employment program for youth of all economic classifications to be known as the "summer youth program".
d. A youth volunteer program to be known as the "Iowa corps".
e. A program to encourage and promote meaningful and respectable employment of the elderly in conservation and outdoor recreation related fields to be known as the "green thumb program".
f. Apprenticeship opportunities in conjunction with paragraphs "a" through "d" or in accordance with rules adopted by the board.
2. The department of economic development shall give priority to enrolling participants in the corps programs from areas of the state which will likely receive the greatest benefit from the employment and training activities of the corps. Work activities of the corps shall not replace existing maintenance or other full-time employment provided by a participating agency or private organization.
86 Acts, ch 1190, § 2; 89 Acts, ch 28, § 1; 93 Acts, ch 180, §39
Referred to in § 15.224
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