These coordination activities are adapted from 2023 ASC Climate Work Group discussions. These coordination benefits reflect the potential value of statewide climate corps coordination efforts that centralize and organize disparate activities across multiple programs or activity areas. The benefits are bucketed into different roles that coordinating entities might play (i.e., organizing communication for the collective effort, providing common training across multiple programs, etc.).

• Communications
  • Leveraging position and capacity of state communications infrastructure
  • Centralizing outreach
  • Credibility versus single programs
• Training
  • Centralized delivery of common content aligned with state goals
  • Support for utilization of existing training activities (i.e., conference pass, training access)
  • Potential mentoring (match-making with agency staff or others)
• Impacts
  • Common assessment potential
  • Defining common expectations (i.e., tracking)
  • Reduced evaluation burdens
• Leadership development
  • Centralized recruitment
  • Coordinated alumni support (i.e., career fairs, hiring preference)
• Community benefits
  • Creates more entry points for community members generally
  • Partners can build with each other instead of competing
  • Technical assistance (members serve as bridge to state resources)
  • Visibility (combined outcomes and activities highlight local successes)

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