^    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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