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The Fortune Society, Inc., New York, NY
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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 (OSRU),
Center for Program Analysis (CPA), Innovation, Partnerships,
and Communication Office (IPCO), Office of Wastewater
Management (OWM), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention (OCSPP), the Office of Emergency Management
(OEM), and the Urban Waters Program. 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 residents from solid
and hazardous waste-impacted communities, including
low-income and minority, unemployed, and underemployed
individuals. To date, EPA has funded 256 job training grants
totaling over $54 million through the former Brownfields Job
Training program and Environmental Workforce Development
and Job Training program. As of April 2015, more than 13,800
individuals have completed training, and of those, more than
10,000 have obtained employment in the environmental field,
with an average starting hourly wage of $14.18. This equates to
a cumulative placement rate of approximately 72% since the
program was created in 1998.
Job Training Grant
$192,300.00
EPA has selected The Fortune Society Inc. for an Environmental
Workforce Development and Job Training grant. The Fortune Society
plans to train 50 students and place 42 graduates in environmental jobs.
Hie core training program includes more than 240 hours of instruction in
40-hour HAZWOPER; innovative and alternative treatment
technologies; stormwater management and green infrastructure; lead
renovation, repair, and painting; disaster site worker; asbestos handler;
OSHA confined space entry; global hazard communication; and several
other awareness-level and advanced courses. Participants who complete
the core training will earn up to eight state or federally recognized
certifications. The Fortune Society is targeting unemployed and
underemployed residents of New York City with criminal histories. Key
partners include Newtown Creek Alliance, Robin Hood Foundation,
New York City Office of Workforce Development, CUNY Bronx
Community College, and several other environmental and
community-based organizations.
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 2 Brownfields Team
(212)637-3283
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
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Grant Recipient: The Fortune Society, Inc., NY
(718)517-7942
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.
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