Brownfields 2017 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities,
and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess,
safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. A
brownfield site is real property, the expansion, redevelopment,
or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or
potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or
contaminant. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and
communities around the country cleanup and revitalize
brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial
assistance to eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants,
cleanup grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response programs
through a separate mechanism.
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 274 job training grants
totaling over $57 million through the Environmental
Workforce Development and Job Training program. As of
May 2017, more than 16,300 individuals have completed
training, and of those, almost 12,000 have obtained
employment in the environmental field, an average starting
wage of over $14 an hour. This equates to a cumulative
placement rate of approximately 73% since the program was
created in 1998.
Job Training Grant
$200,000.00
EPA has selected Florida State College at Jacksonville for an
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training grant. Florida
State College at Jacksonville plans to train 60 students and place at least
45 graduates in environmental jobs. The core training program includes
273 hours of instruction in: 40-hour HAZWOPER; OSE1A courses in
laboratory standards, disaster site worker, oil spills supervisor,
construction safety, general industry, confined space entry, and
bloodbome pathogens; environmental justice awareness; EPA 24-hour
hazardous material technician; medical waste collection and hazards;
environmental sampling and analysis; environmental math and chemical
safety; Florida storm water, erosion, sedimentation control inspector;
FEMA National Incident Management System; first aid, CPR, and AED;
mold and asbestos worker; EPA lead renovator; and IPM/pest worker
standards and worker safety. Participants who complete the training
program can earn a total of 21 state or federal certifications. Florida State
College at Jacksonville is targeting unemployed and underemployed
residents in Jacksonville's urban core. Key partners include:
CareerSource Northeast Florida; City of Jacksonville Neighborhoods
Department, Housing and Community Development Division; Goodwill
Industries of North Florida; Terracon; Environmental and Labor
Solutions LLC; EAP People Staffing; and Groundwork Jacksonville.
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 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8923
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
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Grant Recipient: Florida State College at Jacksonville, FL
(904)381-3665
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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