The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded OAI Inc. a $200,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815) from May 2022 through May 2025. The award will fund training for unemployed and underemployed Chicago residents to gain skills and certifications needed for environmental remediation careers, including 40-hour HAZWOPER, general industry safety, and ecological restoration. Specifically, OAI will recruit and screen 400 individuals, provide...
This cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), provides $500,000 to Workforce Inc., doing business as Recycle Force, to recruit, train, and place 120 unemployed and underemployed residents of Indianapolis, Indiana in environmental careers. The project will deliver training courses leading to state and federal certifications, including 40-hour Hazardous Waste Management,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to The Fortune Society, Inc. (doing business as The Fortune Academy) under the EPA's Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815). This 5-year project will provide training to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of New York City in environmental careers with skills needed to conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites. The training program will...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815), provides $500,000 in funding to the Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps Inc. to conduct workforce development activities in Racine, Wisconsin. The project will recruit, train, and place 200 unemployed and underemployed residents, particularly targeting minority groups, veterans, and ex-offenders, in environmental careers related to the assessment,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to Laborers Local 17 Training & Educational Trust Fund under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815). The funding will support training 122 individuals to obtain certifications in hazardous waste operations and emergency response, environmental sampling, and site cleanup methods. Trainees will receive 712 hours of combined classroom, practical, and online instruction....
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), provides $500,000 in funding to the Northside Industrial Development Company, doing business as Riverside Center For Innovation, to conduct environmental workforce development activities. The recipient will recruit, train, and place approximately 150 unemployed and underemployed residents of Pittsburgh in environmental careers. The...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to Civic Works, Inc. to provide brownfields job training services under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815). Through this award, Civic Works will recruit, train, and place 82 unemployed and underemployed Baltimore County residents in environmental careers by June 2025. Trainees will complete 154 hours of classroom and hands-on training, earning six certifications in...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 provides $500,000 in funding under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815). The project will recruit, train, and place up to 180 unemployed and underemployed residents of Oakland, California in environmental careers with skills needed to safely conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites. Training will cover areas such as underground storage...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded Southwest Economic Solutions $200,000 under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Through this award, Southwest Economic Solutions will recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Detroit, Michigan in environmental careers involving the safe remediation of solid and hazardous waste contamination. Training will include 40 hours of hazardous...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), provides $500,000 in funding to ST. Nicks Alliance Corp., a non-profit organization and community development corporation, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Brooklyn, New York in environmental careers. The project aims to equip 120 trainees with skills and certifications needed to...