^ Brownfields 2014 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
Alaska Forum, Inc.
EPA Brownfields Program
In 2010, the EPA's Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization (OBLR) led an effort to more closely
collaborate with other programs within the Agency 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), 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
assessment and cleanup. As a result of this effort, the
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
program now allows applicants to deliver a broader array
of training in the environmental field, in addition to the
traditional brownfields hazardous waste and petroleum
training historically provided. Through the expanded
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
program, graduates develop wider skill sets that improve
their ability to secure full-time, sustainable employment
in various aspects of hazardous and solid waste
management and within the larger environmental field,
including water quality improvement and chemical safety.
This effort also gives communities more flexibility to
provide different types of environmental training based on
local employers' hiring needs.
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. To date, EPA has funded
237 job training grants totaling over $48 million through
the former Brownfields Job Training program and
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
program. As of April 2014, approximately 12,800
individuals have completed training, and of those,
approximately 9,100 have obtained employment in the
environmental field, with an average starting hourly wage
Job Training Grant
$200,000.00
EPA has selected the Alaska Forum, Inc., for an
Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training grant. The Alaska Forum, Inc., plans to
train 18 students, place all 18 graduates in
environmental jobs, and track graduates
throughout their participation in the program. The
core training program includes 308 hours of
instruction, including coursework in 40-hour
HAZWOPER, underground storage tank
remediation, solid waste management and
cleanup, wastewater treatment awareness,
emergency spill response, and asbestos abatement
training. Specialized training on reducing
exposures and promoting worker health and safety
will be offered. Successful apprentices become
Journeyman-level Certified Environmental
Technicians. The Alaska Forum is targeting
unemployed and underemployed Alaska residents,
with a focus on recruiting individuals with low
incomes and minorities from Alaska's rural
communities. Key partners include University of
Alaska, Alaska Department of Labor, Alaska
Department of Environmental Conservation, and
several tribal governments, including the Knik
Tribal Council.
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 10 Brownfields Team
206-553-2580
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CL
EANUP.NSF/sites/bf)
Grant Recipient: Alaska Forum, Inc.
907-230-9805
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-14-026
May 2014
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of $14.00. This equates to a cumulative placement rate of
approximately 71% 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)
EPA 560-F-14-026
May 2014
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