\   2012 Environmental Workforce Development
              and Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
  ***лл*      Cypress Mandela Training Center, Inc., Oakland, 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 just
brownfields cleanup. As a result of this effort, the
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
Grants Program, formerly known as the "Brownfields 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
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. To date, EPA has funded 191 job
training grants totaling over $42 million through the
former Brownfields Job Training Program and newly
expanded Environmental Workforce Development and
Job Training Program. As of January 2012, approximately
10,275 individuals had completed training and
approximately 7,155 obtained employment in the
environmental field, with an average starting hourly wage
of $14.12. This equates to a cumulative placement rate of
                    Environmental Workforce
                    Development and Job Training
                    Grant

                    $200,000

                    EPA has selected the Cypress Mandela Training
                    Center, Inc., for an environmental workforce
                    development and job training grant. The Cypress
                    Mandela Training Center, Inc., plans to train a
                    minimum of 80 students, place at least 60
                    graduates in environmental jobs, and track
                    graduates for one year. The core training program
                    includes 193 hours of instruction in 40-hour
                    HAZWOPER, waste site worker health and
                    safety, emergency response and chemical spills,
                    disaster site worker, advance hazmat specialist,
                    mold and asbestos abatement, incident command,
                    and mold inspection. Twelve state or federal
                    certifications will be offered. Cypress Mandela is
                    targeting economically disadvantaged residents of
                    Oakland,  San Leandro, Berkeley, Emeryville, and
                    Richmond, including women, minorities, veterans,
                    and ex-offenders. Key partners include the
                    Oakland Housing Authority, Alameda County
                    Workforce Investment Board, East Bay One Stop
                    Career Centers, California Department of
                    Transportation, Peralta Community College
                    District, and several union 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
                    415-972-3270
                    EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
                    (http://www.epa.gov/region09/wa
                    ste/brown/index.html)

                    Grant Recipient: Cypress Mandela Training
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-12-177
      June 2012

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approximately 70% for the program, and also includes
accomplishments data recorded since the program was
created in 1998.
                       Center, lnc.,CA
                       510-208-7350

                       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-12-177
      June 2012

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