This project provides funding for the city of pittsburg to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of northeastern contra costa county in environmental careers with skills…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9, under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), provides $494,000 in funding to the City of Pittsburg, California to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Northeastern Contra Costa County in environmental careers. The program will operate over 5 years, conducting 8 training cycles with 20-22 participants each, focusing on skills and certifications such as HAZWOPER-40, refinery safety, forklift operation, and OSHA safety training. The City of Pittsburg will sub-award funds to Open Opportunities, Inc. and the Laborers Training Trust to implement the assessments, trainings, reporting, and participant support. The expected outcomes include training 160 participants, with 136 graduates completing the program, 102 graduates placed in environmental positions, and 10 graduates pursuing further education. This project aims to help residents access jobs created by environmental assessment and cleanup, while addressing environmental justice concerns in the community.

This project provides funding for the city of pittsburg to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of northeastern contra costa county in environmental careers with skills needed to safely conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites, as well as appropriate training such as hazwoper-40, emergency response, confined space entry, traffic control, and OSHA-10. The job training program will operate eight training cycles over the course of the five year grant period, each with 20-22 participants. The anticipated outputs from the program are: 160 participants enrolled in the program, 136 graduates completing the program, 102 graduates places in environmental positions, and 10 graduates not placed but pursuing further education. This agreement will provide funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act for the city of pittsburg to conduct eligible technical assistance-related activities as authorized by cercla 104(k)(7). This award provides full federal funding in the amount of $494,000.activities:this project will train graduates to earn skills and certifications necessary to enter into environmental careers. Activities to be performed during under this project are hazwoper-40, refinery safety, forklift, flagger, and safety training (including emergency response, confined space entry, traffic control, OSHA-10, first aid, and CPR training). Also, the recipient will report on interim progress and final accomplishments by completing and submitting relevant portions of the property profile form using EPA's assessment, cleanup and redevelopment exchange system (acres).subrecipient:the city of pittsburg will allocate all cooperative agreement funds as subawards to open opportunities, INC. And the laborers training trust to implement assessments, trainings, reporting, distribute participant support costs, and provide case management to students and graduates. All grant management performed by the city of pittsburg will used leveraged funding.outcomes:this project will provide training to unemployed or underemployed community members in northeastern contra costa county, covering areas from BAY point to oakley/brentwood, with a specific focus on low-income, minority residents. The anticipated deliverables are: 102 individuals recruited, trained, certified, and placed in environmental careers in communities impacted by solid and hazardous waste sites and facilities. 5 classroom style trainings, practical trainings, and curricula modules. 8 appropriate certifications in environmental sampling and site cleanup methods. 136 individuals that receive certifications in OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 40-hour hazwoper training. Expected outcomes from this project include: -help residents of communities take advantage of jobs created by the assessment and cleanup of brownfields and the assessment, cleanup, and management of solid and hazardous waste sites and facilities while addressing environmental justice concerns. -provide training that leads to sustainable employment in the environmental field. -improve community involvement and stimulate the development of constructive partnerships. -reduce exposures to hazardous substances and other contaminants and improve the health of workers, occupants, and residents. -foster self-sufficiency and enhance the skills and availability of labor for environmental remediation in environmental justice and other communities impacted by environmental contamination. -enable residents to participate in the promotion of environmental health and occupational safety, both on the job and in their communities.