920F3571A307B478872588850077C8C4 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2022A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For YOUTH CORPS WILDFIRE ACTIVITIESINTERIM COMMITTEE WILDFIRE MATTERS REVIEW COMMITTEEDate Jul 20, 2022 Location Old State Library Youth Corps Wildfire Activities - Committee Discussion Only 03:49:14 PM Scott Segerstrom, Executive Director, Youth Corps Association, gave an overview of the organization, their participants, and project scope. Fire, trail, and evasive species removal are their main focuses. His presentation detailed their fire capacity, women and veteren fire corps models that have been developed, workforce development, crew model, typical work, funding, and impact from legislation. An overview of the Colorado Youth Corps Association can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/youth_corp_association_fire_mitigation_capacity-2022_handout.pdf. The presentation can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/youth_corps_association_wmrc_powerpoint.pdf. 03:56:37 PM Mr. Segerstorm answered questions on crew compensation, worker compensation in the event of an injury, housing when in the field, contract with AmeriCorp grants, and program participation. 04:09:23 PM Narya Jacobson, a participant with the CYCA program, gave testimony on her experience with the program and answered questions from the committee. 04:14:46 PM Mr. Segerstorm answered questions from the committee on what CYCA would do with funding as well as their connection with tribal communities outreach and relationships, the impact of being a Coprs member and incentives they receive in the form of education awards.
