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Conservation Leadership Corps Overview Greater Milwaukee Committee Meetings – February, 2009

Milwaukee Youth Summer Employment Opportunity. Conservation Leadership Corps Overview Greater Milwaukee Committee Meetings – February, 2009. Conservation Leadership Program . Provides meaningful summer jobs – 7 weeks for inner-city, diverse youth

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Conservation Leadership Corps Overview Greater Milwaukee Committee Meetings – February, 2009

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  1. Milwaukee Youth Summer Employment Opportunity Conservation Leadership Corps OverviewGreater Milwaukee CommitteeMeetings – February, 2009

  2. Conservation Leadership Program • Provides meaningful summer jobs – 7 weeks for inner-city, diverse youth • One week of job-readiness training (resume writing, interview skills, how to apply for a job, on-line job searches, and financial literacy) • Six weeks spent on projects such as; boardwalk construction, trail construction, erosion prevention, habitat restoration, removal of invasive species, and building benches and bridges • Initiated in 2006 in Milwaukee • Continued and expanded in 2007 – 2008 • Looking for additional sponsors in 2009 • Collaboration among public and private sector: • Johnson Controls • Student Conservation Association • Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board • Milwaukee County Parks • Local businesses and foundations Johnson Controls

  3. CLC program elements • Conservation Leadership Corps program includes following elements: • Environmental sustainability • Leadership development • Inclusion/diversity • Youth focus • Employee involvement • Community impact • NGO relationships • Media component • Employee engagement survey impact: • Corporate Social Responsibility • I am satisfied with what my company is doing to support the community where I work. Johnson Controls

  4. How did the CLC get started? Johnson Controls wanted to invest in a signature program which synthesized our goals of bringing diversity, environmental sustainability and leadership development to our local communities Started as a response to Mayor Barrett’s City of Milwaukee Summer Jobs Program Johnson Controls

  5. About the Student Conservation Association (SCA)Founded in 1957 The Nation’s Leading Provider of Conservation Volunteers 5 Mission To build the next generation of conservation leaders and inspire lifelong stewardship of our environment and communities by engaging young people in hands-on service to the land. Who They Are • 50+ Years of Students Conserving: • America’s National Parks • National Forests • Public Lands • City Green Spaces What They Do • Provide Youth Conservation Workforce • High School Summer Conservation Crews • College Internships • Community Conservation • Diversity Focused-Initiatives Johnson Controls

  6. Program’s Reach • Initiated in 2006 in Milwaukee • Expanded to Baltimore in 2007 • Added Detroit in 2008 Metrics: • 94% retention rate over 3 yrs • 86% responded they would like to participate again • Over 70% of 2006 Alumni surveyed reported they got another job during the following school year and summer Johnson Controls

  7. About the projects – in the Parks • Grant Park • Restored parts of Seven Bridges Trail, where hikers had created their own paths, unknowingly destroying native vegetation • Kohl Park • Cut and built the park’s first public trail, providing long-awaited access to the park • Estabrook Park • Cleared and removed invasive buckthorn trees and honeysuckle bushes, which have been crowding out and killing native species • Washington Park (in partnership with Urban Ecology Center) • Installed a nature trail and teaching vista on island in lagoon using a canoe. Built 8 “Aldo Leopold” benches for the island, constructed and installed a timber boardwalk for a section of marshland, and painted murals inside the Center’s newly leased educational buildingon afew rainy days Johnson Controls

  8. About the results – Summer service accomplishments in parks 2007 2006 • 8,110 ft of trail maintained • 625 ft of new trail built • 638 trees/native plants planted • Removed invasive species and restored 545 ft² area • 75 steps built • 1 retaining wall built • 69 pieces of erosion prevention cribbing installed • 3 turnpikes built • 1 timber boat landing built • 1 30-foot treated timber boardwalk built and installed • 8 timber “Aldo Leopold” benches built and installed • 3,360 ft of trail maintained • 2,505 ft of new trail built • 16 water bars constructed • 15 social trails shut down and restored • 2 bridges and 1 fence removed • 5 drainage ditches dug • 12 acres of invasive species removed • 6 trees planted • 2 bridges built Johnson Controls

  9. About the results – Youth Leadership and Career Development • Advancing Youth Leaders in Conservation Careers • Eight 2006 MCLC alumni hired into new conservation job opportunities in 2007 • 2 seasonal Milwaukee County Parks and Recreation (4 projected in 2008) • 2 MCLC Apprentice Leaders • 4 alumni members • Program Impact • 88% of 2006 alumni reported their interest in the environment has changed as a result of the program • 76% of 2006 alumni reported working another job after participating in MCLC, with • 35% reported working in the outdoor/environmental field or with a community or non-profit organization • 71% of those alumni using the program as a reference in securing their subsequent jobs “I learned a lot because we talked about how to set up for college, manage money, and act on a job.” Johnson Controls

  10. Timeline Recruit crew leaders Recruit students Announce students Graduation Program start Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Johnson Controls

  11. The investment • 2008 Funding: $513,000 - 67 students • Johnson Controls - $313,000 • Other local corporate funders $200,000: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Helen Bader Foundation Northwestern Mutual QuadGraphics SAP America, Inc. Wisconsin Energy Foundation Rockwell Automation Gilbane Construction Baird Foundation • TOTAL: $7,800 per student Funding levels: $5,000 base level $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 $30,000 $50,000 Johnson Controls

  12. Thank you! 12 Johnson Controls Contact information: Jennifer MattesDirector, Global Public Affairs Johnson Controls Diversity & Public Affairs - Corporate(tel) +1-414-524-2349jennifer.b.mattes@jci.comMilwaukee, WI USA Johnson Controls Blue Sky Involve

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