817—10.1 (83GA,SF482) Purpose and program description. The purpose of the Iowa green corps is to provide youth with meaningful community service opportunities in addition to providing capacity-building activities, training, and implementation of major transformative projects in communities, which emphasize energy efficiency, historic preservation, neighborhood development, and stormwater reduction and management. On a competitive basis, Iowa green corps grants will give support to AmeriCorps or summer youth corps projects in Iowa. The program is established under the authority of the Iowa commission on volunteer service, pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 15H as amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, Senate File 482.
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