§ 24-32-2005 — Duties and functions of the youth service corps

Colorado § 24-32-2005

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Department of Local Affairs

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(1) The youth
service corps, through the director, and with the advice of the Colorado youth
conservation and service corps council established in section 24-32-2003, shall:

(a) Recruit individuals for the youth service corps who are residents of the
state unemployed at the time of application and who are at least sixteen years of
age but who have not reached their twenty-fifth birthday;

(b) Match youth service corps members with appropriate local government
agencies and community-based agencies and available projects;

(c) Develop general employment guidelines for placement of youth service
corps members in local government agencies and community-based agencies
which establish appropriate authority for hiring, firing, grievance procedures, and
employment standards consistent with state and federal law;

(d) Monitor youth service corps members' activities for compliance with this
part 20 and compliance with work agreements;

(e) Establish a program for providing incentives to encourage successful
completion of the terms of enrollment in the youth service corps and the
continuation of educational pursuits by awarding a youth service corps member a
scholarship to a state institution of higher education, private college or university,
private occupational school, or vocational school, in an amount not to exceed five
thousand dollars, upon such successful completion;

(f) Enter into agreements with the state's institutions of higher education,
community college system, vocational schools, and private occupational schools
and with other educational institutions or independent nonprofit agencies to
provide special education in basic skills, including reading, writing, and
mathematics, for those youth service corps members who may benefit by
participation in such classes;

(g) Assist youth service corps members in transition to employment, higher
education, or vocational school upon termination from the programs, including such
activities as orientation to the labor market, on-the-job training, and placement in
the private sector;

(h) Coordinate youth employment and training efforts under its jurisdiction
and cooperate with other state agencies or departments and program agencies
providing youth services to ensure that funds appropriated for the purposes of this
part 20 will not be expended to duplicate existing services but will increase the
services of youth to the state;

(i) Recruit local government agencies and community-based agencies to
employ the youth service corps members in service activities;

(j) Assist local government agencies and community-based agencies in the
development of scholarships and matching funds from private and public sources,
individuals, and foundations in order to support a portion of the youth service corps
member's compensation; and

(k) Determine appropriate financial support levels by private businesses,
community-based agencies, foundations, local government agencies, and
individuals which will provide matching funds for youth service corps members in
projects under work agreements.

Legislative History

Source: L. 91: Entire part added, p. 923, � 1, effective May 31.