The Civilian Conservation Corps was developed by Roosevelt in 1933 as part of the First New Deal Program to lower the unemployment rate of young men. Not only did it lower the unemployment rate and provide money for families, it also helped develop the current day National Park System, dams, and scenic by-ways and trail of the United States. The men were paid about twenty-five dollars per month, and all but three of those were sent home to their families to help in the city life. This photo is of men clearing a trail in West Virginia.
The CCC employed many young men, helped develop national parks, dams and bridges, and many other features of the land. Much of the money they earned was sent home to their families to help with food and other financial costs.