National Civilian Conservation Corps. Another branch of AmeriCorps. To the best of my knowledge, they work 10 month terms with the same group of people and live in dorm-style housing. More regimented than the other AmeriCorps programs as far as the lifestyle goes, but more flexible in terms of the projects they work on. One of the NCCCs I talked to down in New Orleans had come down to the Gulf right after Katrina for a month or so, then went back to the West Coast to tutor kids, then was back in Louisiana but gutting houses this time, and after 2 months of the gutting houses thing was going to Oregon or Washington (can't remember which) to help with invasive species removal.
They have the ability to travel wherever they're needed for a month or two at a time, whereas the rest of us AmeriCorps people tend to stay put on a project for a year or two. That's enormously helpful in the case of a disaster, seeing as disasters usually aren't considerate enough to follow a schedule. :-)
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Re: NCCC/DSHR
Date: 2006-04-27 03:03 pm (UTC)They have the ability to travel wherever they're needed for a month or two at a time, whereas the rest of us AmeriCorps people tend to stay put on a project for a year or two. That's enormously helpful in the case of a disaster, seeing as disasters usually aren't considerate enough to follow a schedule. :-)
~Bethany