Q \ 2012 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grant Fact Sheet Glens Falls, NY 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 Glens Falls for an environmental workforce development and job training grant. Glens Falls plans to train 100 students, place 90 graduates in environmental jobs, and track graduates for two years. The core environmental training program includes a minimum of 118 hours of instruction in 40-hour HAZWOPER, confined space entry, construction site worker safety, UST leak prevention, solid waste management, alternative waste technologies, wastewater treatment facility operation, and lead-based paint renovation, repair, and painting. In addition, supplemental training will be offered in soil and water quality conservation, brownfields cleanup, brownfields engineering and sampling, and other topics designed to meet the needs of the Hudson River Dredging Superfund project and other environmental cleanup and green construction projects planned or underway in the region. A minimum of eight state and federal certifications will be offered as part of the core environmental curriculum. Glens Falls is targeting unemployed and underemployed residents of Warren, Washington, and northern Saratoga Counties in New York State's Hudson River-Adirondack Region, with a special emphasis on recruiting veterans, minorities, and low and moderate income residents. Key partners include the New York State Department of Labor; the Workforce Investment Board of Saratoga, Warren, and Washington Counties; the Warren-Hamilton Counties Community Action Agency; and Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 773. Contacts For further information, including specific grant United States c Environmental anri Fmpflpn™ EPA 560-F-12-170 Protection Agency Response (5105T) June 2012 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (si us ) ------- approximately 70% for the program, and also includes accomplishments data recorded since the program was created in 1998. CUIUtlCLi. tlUUIllUIItU gltUll llliUIIIlcUlUIl, UIUWI111C1US 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 (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields /) Grant Recipient: City of Glens Falls,NY 518-761-3833 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. United States c Environmental anri Fmpflpn™ EPA 560-F-12-170 Protection Agency Response (5105T) June 2012 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (si us ) ------- |