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On 28 June 1937 the Civilian Conservation Corps was legally established, transferred from its original designation as the Emergency Conservation Work program.

Funding was also extended for three more years through Public No. 163, 75th Congress, effective 1 July 1937.

Congress changed the age limits from 17 – 23 years old, and eliminated the requirement that enrollees be on relief, instead " not regularly in attendance at school, or possessing full time employment.

" The 1937 law, in addition to providing employment and performance of useful work made the inclusion of vocational and academic training a mandatory minimum of 10 hours per week, to provide enrollees with necessary training for employment after discharge.

Enrollment was also extended to those without dependents ; orphans could make an " enrollee deposit " with the Army finance officer earning 5 % interest returned in full at discharge or in emergency.

Another change allowed for those in school to be enrolled during ( summer ) vacation.

During this period the CCC was called in to provide disaster relief following 1937 floods in New York, Vermont and the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, and response and clean-up after the 1938 hurricane in New England.