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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
JFYNetl/1/or/cs,
Boston, MA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is real
property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of
which may be complicated by the presence or potential
presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or con-
taminant. On January 11, 2002, President George W.
Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief
and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under this law,
EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through four competitive grant programs: assessment
grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and
job training grants. The brownfields job training grants
provide residents of communities impacted by
brownfields with the skills and training needed to
effectively gain employment in assessment and cleanup
activities associated with brownfield redevelopment and
environmental remediation. Additionally, funding support
is provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
JFYNetWorks was selected to receive a job training
grant. Located in Boston, JFYNetWbrks is the city's
largest non-profit workforce and career development
training center. This grant targets underemployed and
unemployed residents of Boston's Empowerment Zone
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA has selected JFYNetWorks for a job training
grant. JFYNetWbrks plans to train up to 40
students, place 26 graduates in environmental
jobs, and track graduates for up to two years. The
training program will consist of four 14-week,
216-hour training cycles. Courses will include
HAZWOPER, mold remediation, asbestos
abatement, field sampling, and emergency re-
sponse. Primary trainers will be JFYNetWorks,
the New England Consortium, Clean Harbors, and
the Institute for Environmental Education. Stu-
dents will be recruited from brownfields-impacted
communities in Boston, Brockton, Chelsea, and
Somerville. To place graduates in environmental
jobs, JFYNetWorks plans to work with environ-
mental employers such as Clean Harbors, Re-
source Options, Inc., Aerotek E&E, and the
Environmental Business Council of New England.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields.
Marcus Holmes, EPA Region 1
617-918-1630
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: JFYNet^brfo, MA
617-338-0815, ext. 229
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
and the nearby communities of Brockton, Chelsea, and
Somerville (combined population 761,147). Long
recognized as the economic hub of New England,
Boston has a rich industrial history. As industries have
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-08-225
March 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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moved out of the city, parts of Boston have been left
with abandoned and vacant properties. Poverty rates in
the four target communities range from 12.5 percent in
Somerville to over 23 percent in Chelsea. In Boston
and Chelsea, at least 42 percent of residents are
minorities. Boston's Dudley Street Neighborhood
contains nine percent of the state's contaminated sites
and has a 30 percent unemployment rate. According to
the state, the environmental technology sector is
experiencing growth that is expected to be maintained
through 2010. Local employers indicate that the market
for environmental technicians is strong and that
demand for them will continue.
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