Q \ 2012 Environmental Workforce Development
and Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
Camden, AR

EPA Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training Grant
Program
In 2010, the Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization (OBLR) led an effort to more closely
collaborate with other programs within EPA 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), Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST),
Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO),
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 just
brownfields cleanup. As a result of this effort, the
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
Grants Program, formerly known as the "Brownfields Job
Training Grants Program," now allows applicants to
deliver other training in the environmental field, in
addition to the core traditional brownfields hazardous
waste and petroleum training historically provided.
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
under-employed residents from solid and hazardous
waste-impacted communities. Residents learn the skills
needed to secure full-time, sustainable employment in the
environmental field, including a focus on assessment and
cleanup activities. To date, EPA has funded 191 job
training grants totaling over $42 million through the
former Brownfields Job Training Program and newly
expanded Environmental Workforce Development and
Job Training Program. As of January 2012, approximately
10,275 individuals had completed training and
approximately 7,155 obtained employment in the
environmental field, with an average starting hourly wage
of $14.12. This equates to a cumulative placement rate of
Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training
Grant
$200,000
EPA has selected the City of Camden for an
environmental workforce development and job
training grant. Camden plans to train 45 students,
place at least 36 graduates in environmental jobs,
and track graduates for at least one year. The
proposed training program includes 418 hours of
instruction in 40-hour HAZWOPER, OSHA
30-hour general industry, innovative and
alternative treatment technologies, UST leak
prevention, stormwater management, wastewater
treatment technologies, asbestos worker, lead paint
renovation and repair, solid waste management,
material recovery and recycling, backflow
prevention assembly tester, and DOT hazardous
waste inspection. Participants will earn four state
licenses and one federal certification. The city will
recruit students through the Arkansas Workforce
Center and will target low-income, minority,
unemployed and underemployed residents of
Camden, as well as veterans transitioning back
into civilian life. Other key partners include
Arkansas Environmental Training Academy,
Southern Arkansas University Tech, and the
Southwest Arkansas Workforce Investment Board.
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
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf
/brownfields/index.html)
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approximately 70% for the program, and also includes
accomplishments data recorded since the program was
created in 1998.
Cirant Recipient: City of Camden. A R
(870)836-6436
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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