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, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815), funds OAI, Inc., a non-profit workforce training organization, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Chicago's South and West Sides in environmental careers related to the assessment, cleanup, and management of solid and hazardous waste sites. The $342,400 award supports delivering 40-hour Hazardous...
The International Chemical Workers Union received a $480,028 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants program (CFDA 20.703). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, with a completion date of September 30, 2025, supports the provision of "train-the-trainer" programs to enhance hazardous materials instructor training...
The Hope Program, Inc. received a $199,933 cooperative agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.815). The award will fund the Hope Program to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of the Bronx, New York in environmental careers with skills needed for remediation work at solid and hazardous waste sites. Training includes 107 instructional hours in 40-hour...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants program (CFDA 20.703) provides $691,868.00 to The Sustainable Workplace Alliance, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Florida. The grant supports the delivery of "train-the-trainer" programs to improve hazardous materials training for HAZMAT employees. Key...
The Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration awarded a $983,473 project grant to the Short Line Safety Institute to support hazardous materials instructor training programs in Washington D.C. under the Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants program (CFDA 20.703). The grant funding will be used to provide train-the-trainer programs for hazardous materials regulations training through September 2022. The training...
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,...
The federal Project Grant award of $696,834, provided by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants program (CFDA 20.703), supports the delivery of train-the-trainer programs to improve hazardous materials employee training in a state. The grant aims to enhance the safety and efficiency of handling hazardous materials accidents and incidents through September 2030. The award recipient,...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815), will fund the City of Worcester, Massachusetts to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents in environmental careers. The $499,161 grant, awarded on May 1, 2025, will support a five-year project to provide comprehensive training in hazardous waste operations, emergency response, and related environmental skills to a...
The Sustainable Workplace Alliance, Inc. was awarded a $781,870 project grant from the Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration to conduct hazardous materials instructor training programs. Under the Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants program, the Alliance will use the funding to provide train-the-trainer programs for hazardous materials regulations from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The location of...