The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Inc. under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815). The award will fund training and placement of unemployed and underemployed residents in Los Angeles, California in environmental remediation careers from July 2022 through July 2025. Specifically, the Los Angeles Conservation Corps will provide a 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), provides funding to Kern County Builders Exchange Inc., a non-profit organization, to recruit, train, and place up to 270 unemployed and underemployed residents of Kern, Fresno, San Luis Obispo, and Tulare Counties in California in environmental careers. The project will deliver HAZWOPER-40 training and other...
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....
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the City of Richmond, California under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815). The award will fund the RichmondBuild Brownfields Job Training Partnership to provide skills training and job placement services to unemployed and underemployed residents in communities impacted by solid and hazardous waste sites. Specifically, over the five year period from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2028, the...
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 6 under the Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815) provides $650,500 in funding to Limitless Vistas, Inc., a non-profit community development corporation based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The project aims to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of New Orleans in environmental careers related to the assessment, cleanup, and management of solid and hazardous waste sites...
This Cooperative Agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 provides $197,164 to Kern County Builders Exchange Inc. to deliver job training services under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815). Specifically, the funding supports a job training program focusing on preparing unemployed and underemployed Kern County residents for careers in environmental remediation and abatement. The program includes OSHA and HAZWOPER training totaling 240 hours delivered over six...
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...
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 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...