$10 million dollars of California’s stimulus money will fund the Green Corps, a new program that will provide training for underprivileged youth to learn jobs in green construction, energy, and technology.
1,000 youth, ages 16-24, will be enrolled in the program, which will also receive $10 million from public-private partnerships, announced Gov. Schwarzenegger last week.
The NRDC recently reported that between 52,000 and 114,000 new workers will be needed by 2010 to fill jobs created by green investments.