\   2012 Environmental Workforce Development
              and Job Training Grant Fact  Sheet
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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 Iowa Western Community
                    College (IWCC) for an environmental workforce
                    development and job training grant. IWCC plans
                    to train 100 students, place 80 graduates in jobs,
                    and track graduates for one year. The core training
                    program includes 152 hours of instruction in
                    40-hour HAZWOPER, lead and asbestos
                    abatement, stormwater management, UST leak
                    prevention, construction debris recycling, green
                    remediation, and environmental health and safety.
                    Participants also will be offered additional training
                    in OSHA construction and mold contractor
                    remediation. IWCC is targeting unemployed and
                    underemployed individuals residing in Council
                    Bluffs, IA, and Omaha, NE, with priority given to
                    underrepresented minorities, women, and veterans.
                    Key partners include Council Bluffs Workforce
                    Development, Heartland Workforce Solutions,
                    Eastern Nebraskan Community Action Program,
                    the New lowans Center, and the Council Bluffs
                    and Omaha One-Stop Career Centers.
                    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 7 Brownfields Team
                    913-551-7357
                    EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
                    (http://www.epa.gov/region07/cl
                    eanup/brownfields/index.htm)

                    Grant Recipient: Iowa Western Community
                    College
                    712-325-3448
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-12-176
      June 2012

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approximately 70% for the program, and also includes
accomplishments data recorded since the program was
created in 1998.
                       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-12-176
      June 2012

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