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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