)    Brownfields  2013 Job Training Grant  Fact Sheet
    ~          Employlndy, Indianapolis and Marion County, IN
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 Employlndy for an Environmental
                     Workforce Development and Job Training grant.
                     Employlndy plans to train 48 students, place at
                     least 36 graduates in environmental jobs, and track
                     graduates for one year. The core training program
                     includes 200 hours of instruction in 40-hour
                     HAZWOPER; 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;
                     environmental technology and sampling
                     procedures; brownfields awareness; urban
                     agriculture, soil science, and sampling; stormwater
                     pollution prevention/green infrastructure/green
                     remediation; supervised pesticide application;
                     Geographic Information Systems; Occupational
                     Safety and Health Administration outreach and
                     safety; asbestos/mold/lead-based paint; lead
                     abatement worker, and solar photovoltaic entry. A
                     total of nine state and federal certifications will be
                     offered. Employlndy is targeting unemployed and
                     underemployed residents of Indianapolis's United
                     Northwest Area, including veterans and
                     ex-offenders. Key partners include the City of
                     Indianapolis, Working 4 Green, Planner House of
                     Indianapolis, and WorkOne Indianapolis.

                     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
                     312-886-4747
                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds/)

                     Grant Recipient: EmployIndy,IN
                     317-639-4441
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-13-201
      June 2013

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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-13-201
       June 2013

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