Major projects completed

• Held December 13th Think Tank
• Assembled take-away points from Think Tank and reviewed with the Research and Evaluation Task Force
• Completed a second round of Maine Climate Corps Report draft edits
• Received feedback and edits from Commissioner Celeste Branham
• Completed a third round of Maine Climate Corps Report draft edits
• Attended Research and Evaluation Task Force meeting

Issues to be aware of

• There is a still a lack of response from tribal communities, even with direct outreach from Esperanza Stancioff and Rep. Morgan Rielly

Major focus of effort in the next month

• Compile edits
• Send draft to Research and Evaluation Task Force and Sarah Curran for final review
• Complete final draft
• Send final draft of Maine Climate Corps Report to Environment and Natural Resources Joint Committee
• Prepare and plan for the presentation to the Joint Committee
• Plan the future work of the Climate Corps Coordinator
• Develop further understanding of Corps programs from application to implementation
• Continue brainstorming and planning climate corps programs
• Continue working with organizations to establish administrative leaders of Climate Corps branches

Prepared by Climate Corps Planner Kate Klibansky