^ Brownfields 2013 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
The Fortune Society, Inc., New York, NY
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 Fortune Society, Inc., for an
Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training grant. The Fortune Society plans to train
45 students, place 33 graduates in environmental
jobs, and track graduates for two years. The
training program includes 232 hours of instruction
in 40-hour HAZWOPER, urban agriculture, lead
abatement, asbestos handler, innovative treatment
technologies, leaking underground storage tank
corrective action (e.g., site assessment and
remediation ) awareness, including procedures for
tank removal when necessary to perform
corrective action, solid waste management, and
disaster site cleanup. A total of one state and five
federal certifications will be offered. The Fortune
Society is targeting unemployed or
underemployed ex-offenders, primarily from
high-poverty neighborhoods across New York
City (NYC). Key partners include the NYC
Department of Corrections, NYC Department of
Environmental Remediation, NYC Workforce
Investment Board, Reentry Education Network,
NYC Brownfields Partnership, Robin Hood
Foundation, and a number of environmental
employers and other 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 2 Brownfields Team
212-637-3283
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields /)
Grant Recipient: The Fortune Society, Inc.,NY
718-517-7942
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-13-193
June 2013
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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-13-193
June 2013
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