^ Brownfields 2014 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
Camden, AR
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
Job Training Grant
$200,000.00
EPA has selected the City of Camden for an
Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training grant. The City of Camden plans to train
45 students, place 36 graduates in environmental
jobs, and track graduates for one year. The
training program includes 370 hours of instruction
in 19 courses, including 40-hour HAZWOPER;
environmental sampling and analysis; asbestos
worker; soil and groundwater remediation; solid
waste management; industrial wastewater
treatment; municipal wastewater; stormwater
management; material recovery and recycling;
lead renovation, repair, and painting; 30-hour
OSHA general industry; confined space entry; and
green technologies. Students will earn 20
certificates, four state occupational licenses, and
three federal certifications. The City of Camden is
targeting unemployed and underemployed
residents of Camden and surrounding counties in
south Arkansas within a 50-mile commuting
distance. Key partners include the Arkansas
Workforce Center, Southwest Arkansas
Workforce Investment Board, Southwest Arkansas
Planning and Development, SAU Tech/Arkansas
Environmental Academy, Arkansas Department of
Environmental Quality, Camden Port Authority,
and a number of community-based organizations
and environmental employers.
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 6 Brownfields Team
(214)665-3172
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-14-019
May 2014
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environmental field, witn an average starting nourly wage
of $14.00. This equates to a cumulative placement rate of
approximately 71% since the program was created in 1998.
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Grant Recipient: City of Camden,AR
(870)836-6436
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-14-019
May 2014
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