Connect unemployed men and women to green career tracks such as urban and community forestry and forest-based ecosystem and watershed restoration.
All Green Corps participants have a high school diploma or GED. Most were previously incarcerated. According to The Washington Post, more than 8,000 men and women return to DC from prison annually.* Though they face tremendous obstacles, employers cited by the Post call returning citizens unusually motivated to succeed.
At A Glance
Total Earnings Boost
Total Lever Fund Benefit: $487,500
Benefit-Cost Ratio: 19:1
Projections
Case Management - $13,500. PROJECTION: 10 additional hours of support is sufficient to shift at least 75% of the 16 trainees in the 2016-2017 cohorts and at least 25% of the 59 alumni who also will participate in the Lever Fund-funded program into jobs earning at least $10,000 more per year than if they had not participated.
Stipend Support - $9,600. PROJECTION: Doubling the stipend for participants will mean that trainees can better meet costs or make investments that will help them pursue and achieve employment, better health, more stable living situations, and/or other positive gains.
Curriculum Support - $1,900. PROJECTION: A strengthened roster of professional and/or academic instructors will provide participants with a strong network of career mentors who can provide guidance and assistance to trainees and alumni for as long as they stay engaged; DC Water, for example, is one such training collaborator.
Career Earnings
16 Green Corps Trainees: $1,200,000 ($10,000 extra per year for 10 years for the 75% placed in better jobs than they would have secured otherwise)
60 Green Corps Alumni: $750,000 ($5,000 extra per year for 10 years for the 25% placed in better jobs than they would have secured otherwise)
Total Earning Boost & Lever Factor
Earnings Boost: $1,950,000
Lever Factor: 25%; i.e., our investment represents a 25% stake in the program’s total impact
At A Glance
Case Management : $13,500
PROJECTION: 10 additional hours of support is sufficient to shift at least 75% of the 16 trainees in the 2016-2017 cohorts and at least 25% of the 59 alumni who also will participate in the Lever Fund-funded program into jobs earning at least $10,000 more per year than if they had not participated.
Stipend Support : $9,600
PROJECTION: Doubling the stipend for participants will mean that trainees can better meet costs or make investments that will help them pursue and achieve employment, better health, more stable living situations, and/or other positive gains.
Curriculum Support : $1,900
PROJECTION: A strengthened roster of professional and/or academic instructors will provide participants with a strong network of career mentors who can provide guidance and assistance to trainees and alumni for as long as they stay engaged; DC Water, for example, is one such training collaborator.
Metrics
Career Earnings
16 Green Corps Trainees $1,200,000 ($10,000 extra per year for 10 years for the 75% placed in better jobs than they would have secured otherwise)
60 Green Corps Alumni $750,000 ($5,000 extra per year for 10 years for the 25% placed in better jobs than they would have secured otherwise)
Total Earnings Boost $1,950,000 & Lever Factor 25% i.e., our investment represents a 25% stake in the program’s total impact
Total Earnings Boost
Total Lever Fund Benefit $487,500
Benefit Cost Ratio 19:1