The directors of the departments of conservation, economic development, social services, elementary and secondary education, labor and industrial relations, and natural resources and the director of the University of Missouri extension system shall meet regularly to establish appropriate allocations from their respective budgets to be made for the operation of the Missouri youth service and conservation corps. Funding for the operation of the corps may come from, but not be limited to, moneys available through the federal Carl Perkins Act, the federal Workforce Investment Act, the federal Wagner-Peyser Act, the one-eighth of one cent sales tax as authorized by Sections 43(a) and 43(b) of Article IV of the Missouri Constitution, and other discretionary funds which may be available to the various departments and to the governor’s office.