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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Goodwill Industries of
Southeastern
Louisiana, Inc., New
Orleans, LA
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
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana, Inc.,
was selected to receive a job training grant. Goodwill
Industries is located in New Orleans (population
200,000), a federally designated Enterprise and Re-
newal Community. Many properties that pose environ-
1
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA has selected Goodwill Industries of Southeast-
ern Louisiana, Inc., for a job training grant. Good-
will Industries plans to train 40 students, place 80
percent of graduates in environmental jobs or post-
secondary education, and track students for one
year. The training program will consist of four 13-
week, 404-hour training cycles that will offer
certifications in HAZWOPER; mold, lead, and
asbestos abatement; and OSHA construction
safety. Additional training will include coursework
in engineering, debris removal, and federal, state,
and local environmental rules and regulations. The
primary trainer will be Louisiana Technical College.
Students will be recruited by Goodwill Industries
and Limitless Vistas, Inc., from neighborhoods in
District B of Orleans Parish, which includes the
Central City neighborhood. Goodwill Industries will
work with Job 1, Total Community Action, consult-
ing firms, and community organizations to place
graduates in environmental jobs.
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.
Karen Peycke, EPA Region 6
214-665-7273
www.epa.gov/region6/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Goodwill Industries of
Southeastern Louisiana, Inc.
504-456-3926
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-08-231
March 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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mental concerns are located in or near environmental
justice communities and include at least 177 service
stations and 267 hazardous waste sites. Goodwill
Industries will focus its job training program in District
B of Orleans Parish, primarily the Central City neigh-
borhood, which is one of the oldest predominantly
African-American communities in the city. It also is
one of the city's most impoverished areas and includes
approximately 40 brownfields. Program partners
believe that the timing and location of the training will
play a vital role in helping rehabilitate a community and
population in need of renewal. Several companies have
made commitments to hire program graduates or
consider the program as a first source for employment.
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