Urban Conservation Corps of the Inland Empire
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The Southern California Mountains Foundation
Urban Conservation Corps of the Inland Empire (UCC)
A State Certified Conservation Corps
Helping to Improve the Lives of Youth and the Environment
The program is designed to address multiple interconnecting problems in the urban community
From poor student achievement to youth violence to unemployment to
advocating for trees and parks
To develop this type of urban forestry program, we developed a new paradigm.
One that looks at Urban Forestry…
....as a Social Value
“Managing Trees to develop Positive Youth”
With Urban Forestry as a Social Value, we can engage a broader group of stakeholders and
funders to fund urban forestry programs with both a social and environmental context
For example, we receive funds from HUD to train youth and young adult residents in public housing
about tree care and planting
Public Housing Young Adults Learning About Tree Care
Another example, we receive funds from the California Gang, Intervention, Prevention (CAL GRIP) state funded program to
train at risk youth and at risk young adults in vocational training in landscaping, urban forestry and parks maintenance
Before……After……
Gang Prevention & Early InterventionVocational Tree Care Training
When Urban Forestry is Defined as a Social Value
Who Benefits?
TREESBecause they become integrated into the social service system of a city and become part of a solution to a problem
YOUTHBecause of the Psycho-Social Benefits they get from managing trees and learning new
skills
COMMUNITYBecause more trees and youth are cared for in the community