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Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, Waterbury, 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 (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 the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board
for an Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training grant.
Hie Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board plans to train 42
students and place at least 40 graduates in environmental jobs. The core
training program includes 200 hours of instruction in: 40-hour
HAZWOPER; asbestos abatement supervisor training; lead abatement
worker training; OSHA 30-hour construction safety; lead renovation,
repair, and painting; respiratory protection; confined space; and UST
removal. Participants who complete the training will earn four state
certifications and five federal certifications. The Northwest Regional
Workforce Investment Board is targeting unemployed and
underemployed residents of Waterbury, Connecticut. Key partners
include Waterbury Development Corporation, Walnut-Orange Walsh
Neighborhood Association, Waterbury Adult Continuing Education,
New Opportunities Inc., LaRosa Building Group, and Police Activity
League of Waterbury.
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 1 Brownfields Team
(617)918-1429
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
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Grant Recipient: Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board,
Waterbury
(203)574-6971 ext4446
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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