Pittsburgh Conservation Corps d/b/a Landforce

Our mission: We nourish a culture of self-empowerment for people aspiring towards meaningful and stable employment, as we protect and improve the environment. Our vision: Landforce is committed to building a just world, where everyone belongs, lives in a healthy environment, and surpasses their greatest dreams.

Landforce is an employment social enterprise nonprofit that focuses on three pillars: workforce development, environmental stewardship, and new this year, wood production. At Landforce, we invest in Pittsburgh-area people and the land we call home. We hire, train, and support people who have been excluded from family-sustaining career opportunities. By providing training, career coaching, and hands-on training in paid transitional jobs, we are helping people get back to work, all while working on projects that directly improve the environment.

For the past 9 years, Landforce has served people living in Pittsburgh and the neighborhoods immediately surrounding it. Take a look at some of the numbers:
- We have trained and employed 201 Crew Members, providing 80,000 hours of environmental stewardship to our region.
- Our Crew Members have participated in 30,783 hours of training and 2,776 hours of career coaching.
- We have worked on over 193 land stewardship projects in historically disinvested communities.
- On average, 90% of our finishers go on to other employment within two weeks of completing our season.

Testimonials

Crew Members:
"Stay dedicated, don't give up on your dreams, don't let a felony hinder being your best version of you." T

"Landforce has all of the tools to make people successful. It's up to the person to take the tools, but if you do, it's 100% that you will be successful." -D

Contract Partner:

"If you have the opportunity to work with Landforce, do it! Not only were they communicative and flexible with their scheduling, but they were also accommodating when bumps in the road occurred, and additional services were needed on our affordable rehab project in Homewood. We are so thankful to have them as a community partner here in the Homewood area." - GD: Catapult of Greater Pittsburgh