Brownfields 2011 Job  Training Grant Fact Sheet
         ^   Southeast Neighborhood Development, Inc.,  Indianapolis, IN
EPA Brownfields Program

In 2010, the Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization (OBLR) led an effort to more closely
collaborate on workforce development and job training
with other programs within EPA's Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER), including
the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
(ORCR), Office of Superfund Remediation and
Technology Innovation (OSRTI), Office of
Underground Storage Tanks (OUST), Federal Facilities
Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO), Center for
Program Analysis (CPA), Innovation, Partnerships, and
Communication Office (IPCO), and the Office of
Emergency Management (OEM) to develop a job
training cooperative agreement opportunity that
includes expanded training in other environmental
media outside the traditional scope of just brownfields.
As a result of these discussions, the "Environmental
Workforce Development and Job Training Grants
Program," formerly known as the "Brownfields Job
Training Grants Program," was formed and now
provides grantees the ability to deliver additional
hazardous and solid waste training. By expanding the
program, communities are provided the flexibility to
deliver new types of environmental training based on
local labor market demands.

Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training grant funds are provided to nonprofit
organizations and other eligible entities to recruit, train,
and place predominantly low-income and minority,
unemployed and under-employed residents from solid
and hazardous waste-impacted communities. Residents
learn the skills needed to secure full-time, sustainable
employment in the environmental field, including a
focus on assessment and cleanup activities. These
grants help to create green jobs that reduce
environmental contamination and promote
sustainability in communities throughout the nation.
EPA awarded its first Brownfields Job Training Grants
in 1998. To date, more than 5,000 people have obtained
environmental employment in the environmental field
with an average starting hourly wage of $14.65.

Community Description
                   Job Training Grant

                   $300000

                   EPA has selected Southeast Neighborhood
                   Development, Inc. (SEND) for an environmental
                   workforce development and job training grant.
                   SEND plans to train a minimum of 45 students,
                   place at least 33 graduates in environmental jobs,
                   and track graduates for one year. The training
                   program will consist of three six-week, 240-hour
                   training cycles that will include coursework in
                   HAZWOPER; OSHA construction outreach safety
                   training; OSHA confined space entry; asbestos
                   worker; lead abatement and clearance sampling; lead
                   renovation, repair, and painting; underground
                   storage tank leak awareness; sustainability/LEED
                   awareness; solid waste  management; environmental
                   technology and sampling procedures; and green
                   remediation technologies. The primary potential
                   trainer is Southeast Community Services (SECS),
                   which also will assist with recruitment, placement,
                   and outreach efforts. Additional community partners
                   include EmployIndy and KERAMIDA, Inc.
                   Students will be recruited from underrepresented,
                   unemployed, and underemployed residents of the
                   Southeast and Martindale Brightwood
                   Neighborhoods of Indianapolis. SEND will work
                   with local environmental employers, SECS, and
                   other community partners 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 5 Brownfields Team
                   (312)886-7576
                   EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                   (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields)

                   Grant Recipient: Southeast Neighborhood
                   Development, Inc.,IN
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  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-11-062
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Southeast Neighborhood Development, Inc., will target
its job training activities in the Southeast and
Martindale Brightwood Neighborhoods (combined
population 39,374) of Indianapolis. The levels of
poverty, unemployment, and dependence on public
assistance in the target communities far exceed county
and national averages. In the target neighborhoods,
from 25.6 percent to 30.4 percent of residents live
below the poverty level, and unemployment rates range
from 12.8 percent to 19.2 percent. The percentage of
households in these communities that receive public
assistance is double the county and national averages.
A recent survey identified 133 brownfields in the
Southeast Neighborhood alone. Hazardous waste sites
in the target neighborhoods range from small gas station
sites to abandoned, multi-acre industrial facilities, many
of which have sat vacant for decades. In a recent study,
the Indiana Department of Workforce Development
identified an increased need in the greater Indianapolis
area for workers skilled in the brownfields
redevelopment field, including a wide variety of
technicians and hazardous materials workers. This
study projected more than 200 annual job openings in
the environmental field through 2018. Several local
environmental firms have expressed a willingness to
hire program graduates.
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                    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-11-062
          Jul 11

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