^ Brownfields 2009 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
Civic Works, Baltimore
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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 contaminant. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response
programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
Civic Works was selected to receive a job training
grant. Located in Baltimore, Civic Works is targeting
low-income residents of the city's Empowerment Zone
and Enterprise Community. Once a thriving industrial
center, Baltimore (population 631,366) has lost more
than half of its manufacturing jobs in the last 20 years.
Nearly 17 percent of Baltimore residents live in
poverty, and the city's unemployment rate is close to 11
percent. Approximately 67 percent of city residents are
minorities. The city's industrial decline has produced a
large inventory of brownfields, with an estimated 1,000
brownfields throughout the city. Many of these
brownfields are located along the industrial waterfront
that drains into the environmentally sensitive
Chesapeake Bay. Based on employer estimates and the
projected number of contaminated site cleanups, the
city foresees openings for at least 100 entry-level
environmental positions each year.
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA has selected Civic Works for a job training
grant. Civic Works plans to train 40 students,
graduate 36, place at least 30 graduates in
entry-level environmental jobs, and track students
for one year. The training program will consist of
two, 212-hour training cycles that include
coursework in HAZWOPER and other health and
safety courses, environmental assessment and
sampling, brownfields redevelopment, and ecology.
Six certifications will be offered. Primary trainers
will be selected from among a pool of experienced,
certified instructors. Recruitment efforts will focus
on low-income, unemployed, or underemployed
Baltimore residents. Civic Works will work with
Career Developer 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
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Team
(215)814-3129
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf-lr)
Grant Recipient: Civic Works, Baltimore
(410) 366-8533
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-09-007
Jan 09
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