\   2012 Environmental Workforce  Development
              and Job Training Grant  Fact Sheet
              Milwaukee, Wl
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 City of Milwaukee for an
                    environmental workforce development and job
                    training grant. The City of Milwaukee plans to
                    train a minimum of 80 students, place at least 64
                    graduates in environmental jobs, and track
                    graduates for one year. The core training program
                    includes 105 hours of classroom instruction in
                    40-hour HAZWOPER, UST leak prevention, solid
                    waste management and recycling, beginning
                    wastewater operator, phytoremediation, and
                    chemical awareness. An additional 375 hours of
                    supplemental training will be offered, including
                    coursework in solar heating, confined space entry,
                    lead and asbestos abatement, and emergency
                    response. Participants can earn up to ten state and
                    federal certifications. The city is targeting
                    unemployed or underemployed residents of
                    neighborhoods most impacted by brownfields,
                    with an emphasis on recruiting residents of
                    neighborhoods with high infant mortality rates.
                    Key partners include the Housing Authority of the
                    City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Workforce
                    Investment Board, Milwaukee  Economic
                    Development Corporation, and Milwaukee Area
                    Technical College.
                    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/)
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-12-172
      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: City of Milwaukee, Wl
                      414-286-3647

                      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-12-172
      June 2012

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