Chesapeake Conservation Corps Application Now Open
The Chesapeake Bay Trust anticipates placing 30-35 Corps Members with nonprofit organizations and government agencies throughout Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay to work full-time for a stipend-support year of service ($20,500) from August 16, 2022 to August 15, 2023.
There is an Equity Fellowship opportunity to assist Corps Members with the financial challenge of a stipend year of service in the Corps. The Equity Fellowship provides an additional $5,000 to up to 4 Corps Members who demonstrate financial need and identify with an underserved group including but not limited to the list that is provided in the Application Package. The goal of the Equity Fellowship is to increase access to the Corps allowing more young individuals to make the choice to apply an easier one financially. To learn more about this opportunity click on the “Equity Fellowship Application” panel below.
Corps Member Qualifications:
- Corps Members will be age 18 to 25 at the start of the program.
- Corps Members are a citizen of the United States, a permanent resident alien, or have documentation confirming permission to work in the U.S. during the year-long term of service.
- Each Corps Member will work full-time (approximately 40 hours a week) at a Host Organization for a period of one year from August 2022 to August 2023.
- Corps Members will participate in the 6-10 leadership and professional development trainings and three project days provided by the Chesapeake Conservation Corps program within the service year.
- Corps Members will complete a capstone project with the support of their Host Organization by the end of the service year.
- Corps Members will complete at least four peer-to-peer site visit days visiting fellow Corps Members and participating in activities at other Host Organizations throughout the service year.
Application deadline: 4 pm on Thursday March 3, 2022.
