Brownfields 2014 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
North Star Center for Human Development, Hartford, CT
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 fielH with an average starting hniirlv waae
Job Training Grant
$200,000.00
EPA has selected the North Star Center for Human
Development for an Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training grant. North Star
Center plans to train 55 students, place 50
graduates in environmental jobs, and track
graduates for up to two years. Each student will
receive 250 hours of core training in 40-hr
HAZWOPER; wastewater treatment operator;
stormwater management and design; asbestos
supervisor; lead abatement supervisor; OSHA
10-hour construction; health and safety; and lead
renovation, repair, and painting. In addition,
supplemental training will be offered in a number
of course areas (depending on employer needs),
including renewable energy, energy efficient
building and design, water resources, and
sustainable urban agriculture. Eight federal
certifications will be earned by students
completing the core curriculum. Including
supplemental training, the program is designed to
offer a total of 17 certificates and two state
licenses. North Star Center is targeting
unemployed and underemployed residents of
Hartford, with a specific emphasis on recruiting
residents of the city's historically disenfranchised
north end communities. Key partners include the
City of Hartford, Goodwin College, Judah House,
Connecticut Department of Labor/CT Works
One-Stop Centers, Hartford Communities that
Care, Inc., Connecticut Office of Brownfield
Remediation and Development, 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).
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-14-009
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.
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1429
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region01/br ownfields/)
Grant Recipient: North Star Center for Human
Development,CT
860-246-3526
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-14-009
May 2014
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