Program areas at Rocky Mountain Youth Corps
Conservation field crews - rmyc's conservation programs offer training support to young adults through project completion. Utilizing the civilian conservation Corps model from the 1930's, rmyc mobilizes young adults into crew to address high priority community projects while providing members with personal, professional, and project experience and training.
Canine leadership - rmyc provides paid work experiences for Youth aged 15- 22 who have barriers to employment, such as disability or health conditions, themselves within the canine leadership crews. The crew members and their service dogs that get trained will also be camp counselors at camp l.e.a.d., a leadership, empowerment, and abuse prevention day camp in taos for younger children with disabilities.
Prevention services- rmyc is part of a taos area initiative to mitigate and prevent alcohol and drug abuse, among the general population of the community and surrounding indian pueblos.
Training- the leadership and training center is the internal training provider for rmyc that also offers its powerful training to community partners. The staff of this program offer project specific trainings, workforce development trainings, and personal leadership trainings to rmycs members. In addition, the ropes course is offered to every crew but also made available to community organizations looking to take advantage of the team-building, leadership preparation, and personal goal- setting opportunities the ropes course has to offer.