Cooperative Agreement 18CA11420004081

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $1.73 million Project Grant to the San Francisco Estuary Institute under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund to develop and implement a green stormwater infrastructure curriculum and engagement program. The grant period runs from June 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. Under the award, SFEI will partner with Urban Tilth, University of California Berkeley, and the San Francisco Estuary Partnership to...

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...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.815) program will provide funding for Pathstone Corporation, a Rochester, NY-based non-profit organization, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Puerto Rico in environmental careers. The core training program will include 80 hours of instruction in hazardous waste operations, emergency response,...

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...

This $133,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund Sustainable Seattle's initiative to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in the Seattle, Washington area. The key products and services to be delivered include: 30 city/classroom air quality action plan curriculum pathways; 20 green job profiles; 4 green jobs career exploration panels; professional...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815) provides $500,000 in funding to St. Louis Community College for a 5-year project. The primary objective is to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and East St. Louis, Illinois in environmental careers. The project will train 88 participants, graduate 79, and place at...

St. Nick's Alliance Corporation will provide entry-level emergency response training through a $200,000 cooperative agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815). Specifically, St. Nick's will offer three cycles of training during the June 2021 to May 2024 project period, including the 40-hour HAZWOPER, 30-hour OSHA Health and Safety, and 10-hour OSHA Site Safety certification courses. This...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), will fund a project conducted by Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps Inc. to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Racine, Wisconsin in environmental remediation careers. The $500,000 award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will support the delivery of...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 awarded a $261,193 Project Grant under the Source Reduction Assistance (CFDA 66.717) program to the Center for Watershed Protection, Inc., a non-profit organization, to provide pollution prevention (P2) training and technical assistance to regulated municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), territorial agencies, Indian Nations, and other organizations in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Indian Nations. The project aims to...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $133,809 to the Green Schools National Network Inc. to implement an environmental education project in Boise, Idaho. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors among students. Key activities include...