Supporting content is provided below for each of the three main elements of the toolkit: Getting Started, Making the Case, and Implementation Ideas.

Getting Started Supporting Content

Researching climate change in your state

Identifying the sources of your state’s emissions levels

Creating a state climate impact and response profile

Navigating the funding landscape

Sample climate corps landscape survey

Sample climate corps convening agendas

Making the Case Supporting Content

Sample pitches

General value statements

Implementation Ideas Supporting Content

Job descriptions for climate corps directors or staff

Pros and cons of flagship and umbrella approaches

Climate corps network outline

Possible climate corps coordination benefits

Sample funding language

Sample budget for a climate corps initiative

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🧰Toolkit

❓ Introduction

Who is this toolkit for?

How to use the toolkit

Finding capacity

Acknowledgements

🚀 Getting Started

A quick primer on climate change

What does climate change look like in your state?

What is happening with state policies or actions?

Assessing your state’s service landscape and gaps

📣 Making the Case

Describing your climate corps

Defining benefits of a state climate corps

Addressing traditional service program barriers

How to work with a commission and programs

🛠️ Implementation Ideas

Narrowing the focus

Rural climate corps considerations

Design options

Building a coalition

Integrating pre-apprenticeships

Joining state agencies at the table

Garnering state support

Pursuing climate corps legislation

Pursuing federal resources

🔎 Appendices