\   2012 Environmental Workforce  Development
              and Job Training Grant  Fact Sheet
              Groundwork Providence, Rl
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 Groundwork Providence for an
                    environmental workforce development and job
                    training grant. Groundwork Providence plans to
                    train a minimum of 54 students, place at least 45
                    graduates in environmental jobs, and track
                    graduates for at least one year. The core training
                    program includes 181 hours of instruction in
                    40-hour HAZWOPER, UST leak prevention, solid
                    waste management and recycling, wastewater
                    management, lead abatement supervisor,
                    innovative treatment technologies, construction
                    safety, and innovative technologies for water
                    issues. In addition,  supplemental training in
                    integrated pest management, wastewater treatment
                    operator, or underground storage tank operator
                    will be offered to select students. Participants who
                    complete the core training program will earn six
                    state or federal certifications. Groundwork
                    Providence is targeting unemployed and
                    underemployed residents of Providence,
                    Woonsocket, Central Falls, and Pawtucket. Key
                    partners include the Providence Housing
                    Authority, Workforce Solutions of
                    Providence/Cranston, Family  Success Centers,
                    and the West Elm wood Housing Corporation.
                    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 1 Brownfields Team
                    617-918-1429
                    EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
                    (http://www.epa.gov/region01/br ownfields/)
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-12-169
      June 2012

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approximately 70% for the program, and also includes
accomplishments data recorded since the program was
created in 1998.
                      CJrant Recipient: Groundwork Providence,Rl
                      (401)351-6440

                      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-12-169
      June 2012

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