Louisiana Green Corps' Construction and Conservation Corps (CCC) is a 16-week (full-time) workforce training program that equips residents ages 18-35 with technical skills, industry-recognized credentials, and paid field experience in critical and in-demand areas of construction and conservation. 

The CCC Program provides:

• Construction and Conservation hard-skills training and experience. Corps members earn certifications in NABTU MC3, OSHA 10, Forklift Operation.
• Professional development: soft skills training, career coaching and exploration, employment placement & retention assistance, and financial literacy.
• Supportive Services: individualized case management and financial assistance for transportation, childcare, among others.
• Earn & Learn weekly training stipends.

Corps members gain foundational skills and experience in construction through classroom instruction and hands-on training projects to improve our community. LAGC Corps Members work with community organizations SBP New Orleans, Rebuilding Together New Orleans, and others to build affordable housing in our city. Training incorporates certification curriculums the North Atlantic Building Trades Unions Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (NABTU MC3) and OSHA 10 for Construction Safety. 

With our city receiving over sixty inches of rain a year and an outdated drainage infrastructure, it is vital for water management to be handled correctly. Stormwater Management is a smart, cost-effective and resilient approach to managing urban flooding. Stormwater Management is a growing field with over 12,000 new job openings expected in the next five years.

Through our collaboration with public, non-profit and private sector partners, including Waterwise Gulf South, Mastodonte, Groundwork New Orleans, Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans, and New Orleans Office of Resilience and Sustainability, students learn different systems used in the mitigation of stormwater, and plan and implement interviention techniques including the construction of french drains, bioswales, rain gardens, installation of permeable pavers, amoung others.

LAGC partners with community and municipal partners The Lafitte Greenway, New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways, New Orleans City Park and others to engage in Invasive species removal, brush and path clearing, and tree planting and maintenance.

Louisiana Green Corps partners with local solar company, Solar Alternatives- as well as organizations  Feed the Second Line and Together Louisiana to offer our participants career exploration, workshops, and hands-on experience in solar energy.

With our partner's Energy Smart and employer partner Diversified Energy, students are taught cost-conscious and energy efficient strategies that can benefit both homeowners and renters. Throughout the classroom and hands-on training, students learn about home weatherization, energy audits and blower doors. Students also learn what items use the most energy in homes and the benefits of LED light bulbs over incandescent light bulbs.

In recent years, we have partnered with Tierra Foundation and Common Ground Relief to provide education, training and career exploration in coastal restoration through bald cyrpess and other native plantings, and carbon wetland mointoring in the Greater New Orleans area.