Hosted Programs
Hosted programs are partnerships between the Forest Service and
other parties, either within or outside of the Federal government,
where the primary purpose is for the Forest Service to provide a
host site for the partners job training program. The Forest Service
hosts a variety of programs under this heading which provide a
multitude of benefits to both parties. Benefits to outside partners
include opportunities for their clients to gain and develop
important job skills, while the Forest Service benefits from the
accomplishment of many important tasks related to its mission of
caring for the land.
Examples of partnerships that fall under the hosted program
title include:
- A crew of teen-age youth enrolled in a summer job training
program sponsored by a private-non profit youth serving
organization who maintain trails, improve wildlife habitat, and
build fences for 10 weeks during the summer.
- A crew of adults who were displaced from their work by the
Flood of 96 sponsored by a Federal job training program who repair
recreational facilities damaged by the flood.
- A low income senior citizen enrolled in a Federal job training
program who gains work skills while working at the front desk of
the local Ranger Station, and who goes on to become gainfully
employed at a local business.
Hosted programs and partnerships are one of the many important
ways the Forest Service connects and interacts with the many
communities we serve across the nation.
Key partnerships exist with the Student Conservation Association
and many of the state and local conservation corps who are members
of the CorpsNetwork.
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