To register for virtual listening sessions and learn more about this groundbreaking initiative, visit: www.whitehouse.gov/climatecorps
$2 billion program from President Biden's Investing in America agenda includes option to create career pathways that advance environmental justice through American Climate Corps
In September, President Biden announced the launch of the American Climate Corps, a groundbreaking, workforce training and service initiative that will prepare tens of thousands of young people for good-paying jobs in the clean economy. In the time since, nearly 50,000 Americans have expressed interest in joining the American Climate Corps. In launching this new initiative, President Biden fulfilled a key promise to mobilize a new, diverse generation of Americans - putting them to work conserving and restoring our lands and waters, bolstering community resilience, deploying clean energy, implementing energy efficient technologies, advancing environmental justice, and more.
As the Biden-Harris Administration works toward establishing the first cohort of American Climate Corps members by summer 2024, the Administration is today announcing a series of key steps to further advance the initiative, including the launch of virtual listening sessions. The administration is also announcing a new partnership across seven Federal agencies to guide implementation and new information on how communities can leverage historic funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to increase pathways for young people into environmental justice careers via the American Climate Corps.
While Republicans in Congress continue to deny the very existence of climate change, the Biden-Harris Administration will continue to deliver on the most ambitious climate agenda in history, including by ensuring that young people in every corner of the country gain the skills necessary to access good-paying jobs that will help tackle the climate crisis.
Launching Virtual Listening Sessions
Beginning in January, senior Biden-Harris Administration officials will convene a series of virtual listening sessions to hear directly from prospective American Climate Corps applicants and implementing partners, including conservation and service corps partners, labor unions, educational institutions, employer partners, and state, local, and Tribal governments about their priorities for the American Climate Corps. Each listening session will last roughly 90 minutes and will provide participants with the opportunity to engage directly with Administration officials who are overseeing the initiative, as the Administration works to establish the first cohort of American Climate Corps members by next summer.
