A Simple Job Program That Helps The Chronically Unemployed, Marginalized, And The Environment

                         In response to high unemployment during the time of the great depression, the United States instituted programs like the Civilian Conservation Corp, which provided employment for young people and served the public through its projects. Bringing back a program that will help unemployed youth and serve the public good can be modified to serve the modern times.
                     
                        There is another public service program that can help integrate marginalized (often multigenerational) people of all ages back into the American mainstream. It is as simple as assembling at an assigned place every day, and then being taken by bus or van to different locations where the day will be spent picking up garbage. This is a needed job, considering the vast amounts of garbage and trash that are everywhere. Marginalized people that lack job skills and education will be offered an opportunity for gainful employment and a chance for a better life. Some will argue this will not be cheap. Marginalized people with no possibilities for a better future that end up in the criminal justice or medical care system cost the government far more.
                          This job program requires no training, little equipment, and is easy to implement. It provides people with the discipline and structure to work a job, something that has eluded generations. It is labor that serves the public good, and that improves the environment and quality of life for everyone. It gives a second chance to chronically unemployed people that sincerely want an opportunity.
                          Garbage will be removed. Cities, countrysides and everywhere else will be cleaner. People that were unemployable will have a chance to improve their lives, and the lives of their families and communities.