The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 awarded a $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreement to The Hope Program, Inc., a non-profit organization, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of the Bronx, New York in environmental careers. The program provides participants with skills and certifications needed to safely conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites, as well as training in green remediation...
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) 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 $200,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 funds the Research Foundation of the City University of New York - City College to provide environmental job training services under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA #66.815). Specifically, the awardee will recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of New York City and the Bronx in environmental careers with skills for remediation work at...
This $200,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 funds the City of Rochester, New York to deliver environmental job training services under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program. The city will recruit, train, and place 60 individuals from communities impacted by solid and hazardous waste sites in environmental careers. Trainees will complete 12 classroom and practical training modules to earn up to eight certifications in areas...
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 the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) to conduct workforce development activities. The project will recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of New York City in environmental careers, equipping them with skills needed to safely conduct remediation...
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 from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 provides $200,000 to People United for Sustainable Housing, Inc. to deliver an environmental workforce development and job training program through July 2024. Under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), PUSH Buffalo will recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Buffalo, New York in careers conducting remediation work at solid and hazardous waste sites....
This $626,560 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815), will fund Honeybee Strategies, Inc., a non-profit organization, to conduct eligible technical assistance activities related to environmental remediation and workforce development in southern Louisiana. The key products and services under this award include: Recruiting, training, and placing 150 unemployed and underemployed residents of...