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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 Limitless Vistas, Inc., for an
Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training grant. Limitless Vistas plans to train 50
students, place 38 graduates in environmental
jobs, and track graduates for two years. In
addition, 12 graduates are expected to pursue
further education. The core training program
includes 370 hours of instruction in 40-hour
HAZWOPER, wastewater treatment, Superfund
site cleanup and innovation/alternative
technologies, DOT HAZMAT, asbestos contractor
supervisor, lead paint awareness, solid waste
management and cleanup, OSHA 10-hour
construction safety, alternative energy sources,
underground storage tank remediation, and
additional related coursework. Participants who
complete the core training will earn eight state or
federal certifications. Limitless Vistas is targeting
unemployed or underemployed residents of New
Orleans' Gert Town and Central City
neighborhoods, with a focus on recruiting
disadvantaged youth, ex-offenders, veterans, and
low-income minorities. Key partners include the
New Orleans Workforce Investment Board,
Regional Brownfields Commission, New Orleans
Mayor's Office of Workforce Development, New
Orleans Office of Coastal and Environmental
Affairs, The Corps Network, 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
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-14-020
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.
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf
/brownfields/index.html)
Grant Recipient: Limitless Vistas, Inc.,LA
504-529-4301
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-14-020
May 2014
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