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Alaska Forum, Anchorage, AK
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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),
Office of Communications, Partnerships, and Analysis
(OCPA), 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 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 Environmental
Workforce Development and Job Training program. As of
January 2016, more than 14,600 individuals have completed
training, and of those, more than 10,500 have obtained
employment in the environmental field, with an average
starting hourly wage of $14.32. This equates to a cumulative
placement rate of approximately 72% since the program was
created in 1998.
Job Training Grant
$200,000.00
EPA has selected Alaska Forum Inc. for an Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training grant. Alaska Forum Inc. plans to train
and place 59 graduates in environmental jobs. The core training program
includes 308 hours of instruction in 40-hour HAZWOPER, First
Aid/CPR/AED, GIS and mapping, field sampling techniques, hazardous
and solid waste management, water and wastewater, and climate change
training. The program also qualifies the participants for up to 19 credits
towards a degree at the University of Alaska, as well as the opportunity
to earn up to 52 distinct certifications. Alaska Forum Inc. is targeting
unemployed and underemployed residents of the State of Alaska. Key
partners include Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute,
ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc., CU2M Hill, and Knik Tribal Council.
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 10 Brownfields Team
(206) 553-2580
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-washington-i daho-oregon-and-alaska )
Grant Recipient: Alaska Forum, Inc., AK
(907)230-9805
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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