Brownfields 2013 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, Waterbury,
CT
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
brownfields hazardous waste remediation. As a result of
this effort, the Environmental Workforce Development
and 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
underemployed 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. Since 1998, EPA has funded 206 job
training grants totaling over $45 million through the
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
Grants Program. As of March 2013, approximately 11,473
individuals have completed training, of which
approximately 8,198 have obtained employment in the
environmental field with an average starting hourly wage
of $14.12. This equates to a cumulative placement rate of
approximately 71% since the program was created.
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA selected the Northwest Regional Workforce
Investment Board (NRWIB) for an Environmental
Workforce Development and Job Training grant.
NRWIB plans to train 42 students, place 40
graduates in environmental jobs, and track
graduates for one year. The core training program
includes 588 hours of instruction in 40-hour
HAZWOPER; asbestos abatement supervisor; lead
abatement supervisor; solar PV installer;
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
10-Hour construction safety; lead renovation,
repair, and painting; lead safe weatherization;
hazardous materials transportation; respiratory
protection; hearing conservation; sampling
techniques; green remediation
technologies/phytoremediation; recycling
coordinator; wastewater treatment operator;
Building Performance Institute training; chemical
safety awareness; and above-ground and leaking
underground storage tanks corrective action (e.g.,
site assessment or remediation) awareness,
including procedures for tank removal when
necessary to perform corrective action. A total of
11 state and federal certifications will be offered.
NRWIB is targeting unemployed and
underemployed residents of Waterbury, including
ex-offenders and veterans. Key partners include
the Waterbury Development Corporation, New
Opportunities, Inc., the Waterbury Police Activity
League, and the Walnut-Orange-Walsh
Neighborhood Revitalization Zone Association.
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 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1429
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-13-195
June 2013
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(http://www.epa.gov/region01/br ownfields/)
Grant Recipient: Northwest Regional Workforce
Investment Board, Waterbury
203-574-697lext 433
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-13-195
June 2013
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