^ Brownfields 2013 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
Richmond, CA
EPA Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training Grant
Program
In 2010, the Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization (OBLR) led an effort to more closely
collaborate with other programs within EPA on workforce
development and job training. Program offices now
participating in the expanded initiative include 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), Office
of Wastewater Management (OWM), Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), and the Office
of Emergency Management (OEM). This initiative was
created to develop a job training cooperative agreement
opportunity that includes expanded training in other
environmental media outside the traditional scope of
brownfields hazardous waste remediation. As a result of
this effort, the Environmental Workforce Development
and Job Training Grants Program now allows applicants
to deliver other training in the environmental field, in
addition to the core traditional brownfields hazardous
waste and petroleum training historically provided.
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
underemployed 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. Since 1998, EPA has funded 206 job
training grants totaling over $45 million through the
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
Grants Program. As of March 2013, approximately 11,473
individuals have completed training, of which
approximately 8,198 have obtained employment in the
environmental field with an average starting hourly wage
of $14.12. This equates to a cumulative placement rate of
approximately 71% since the program was created.
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA selected the City of Richmond for an
Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training grant. The City of Richmond plans to
train 60 students, place 45 graduates in
environmental jobs, and track graduates for one
year. The core training program includes 340
hours of instruction, including coursework in
40-hour HAZWOPER; pre-apprenticeship
construction; wastewater treatment; solid waste
and recycling; emergency response; lead
abatement; asbestos abatement; confined space
entry; leaking underground storage tank corrective
action (e.g., site assessment and remediation)
awareness, including procedures for tank removal
when necessary to perform corrective action;
refinery safety; Occupational Safety and Health
Administration 10-hour safety; and forklift,
logistics, operation, and warehouse training. A
total of six state and federal certifications will be
offered. The city is targeting low-income,
unemployed, and underemployed residents of
Richmond, with a particular focus on minorities.
Key partners include the San Pablo Economic
Development Authority, Richmond One-Stop
Career Center, Richmond Housing Authority, the
Richmond Workforce Investment Board, IQ
Personnel Environmental Staffing, and several
other environmental, job placement, and nonprofit
organizations.
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 9 Brownfields Team
(213)244-1821
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields)
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-13-196
June 2013
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Grant Recipient: City of Richmond, California
510-307-8009
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)
EPA560-F-13-196
June 2013
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