"Providing eastern Colorado youth with opportunities to work, serve & learn"

Youth Corps are independent non-profit organizations which serve needs within their communities by taking on labor-intensive conservation and community development work while at the same time giving youth aged 16 to 25 job skills, work ethic, and educational opportunities.  Colorado has 11 such regional Corps, which vary in structure based on the needs in their communities.  The Range Rider Youth Corps is one of the newest Corps in Colorado, and also covers the most geography, serving all of eastern Colorado (16 counties, encompassing almost everything east of I-25) The Colorado Range Rider Youth Corps (CRR) will presents spring and fall training opportunities for young adults, as well as summer sessions. 

The organization has grown steadily since its founding in 2003, establishing itself as an independent prairie-based organization, and steadily increasing the number of youth and land managers served annually. 

The Range Rider Youth Corps provides opportunities for prairie youth to gain job skills, education, and work ethic, while at the same time providing high-quality labor solutions for eastern Colorado communities and land managers. 

Youth who participate in the program gain job skills, knowledge of their environment, comfort in the great outdoors, opportunities to see new places and meet new people -- all in addition to their paycheck.  many of these youth will also earn AmeriCorps Education awards to be utilized at the college or trade school of their choosing. 

Communities and land managers who participate in the program not only contribute to the growth of these young people, but also, with their collaboration with a youth corps, may increase their chances of procuring the grant monies that make many of these valuable projects possible.