Brownfields 2014 Job Training Grant  Fact Sheet
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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 Detroit for an
                     Environmental Workforce Development and Job
                     Training grant. The City of Detroit plans to train
                     50 students, place 35 graduates in environmental
                     jobs, and track graduates for at least one year. The
                     core training program includes coursework in
                     40-hour HAZWOPER, asbestos abatement, and
                     CPR. Students also will receive National Incident
                     Management Systems training and job readiness
                     training. Students completing the training will
                     receive up to three federal or state certifications.
                     The City of Detroit is targeting unemployed and
                     underemployed city residents, particularly
                     veterans, minorities, and individuals who lost their
                     jobs due to manufacturing plant closures. Key
                     partners include the Detroit Employment Solutions
                     Corporation, Sierra Club, United Community
                     Housing Coalition, Detroit Future City, ESK
                     Services Inc., Metro Occupational Trainers, Inc.,
                     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 5 Brownfields Team
                     312-886-4747
                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/region5bro wnfields/)

                     Grant Recipient: City of Detroit,MI
                     (313)471-5108

                     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
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-14-017
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of $14.00. This equates to a cumulative placement rate of
approximately 71% since the program was created in 1998.
                       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-14-017
       May 2014

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