Project Grant 14DG11420004182

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 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, 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 Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water awarded a $290,000 cooperative agreement to The Association of State Wetland Managers Inc. from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 under the National Wetland Program Development Grants and Five-Star Restoration Training Grant (CFDA 66.462) program. The purpose of this award is to increase the capacity of tribes to protect, restore, and mitigate impacts to tribal wetlands by providing training on innovative tools, wetland science, grant...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will provide $1.5 million in virtual water quality trainings under a cooperative agreement with the Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service. The trainings will utilize current learning technologies and methods to support effective adult education in soil and water conservation from September 2022 through September 2026. As the official federal program is the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program, the virtual trainings will...

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...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded Civic Works, Inc. a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA #66.815) to provide workforce development services in Baltimore, Maryland from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2028. Under this award, Civic Works will recruit, train, and place 240 unemployed and underemployed Baltimore residents in environmental remediation careers through 8 classroom and hands-on training courses. Trainees will obtain...

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 $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445), will fund the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR) to accelerate career tracks in the water utilities sector and provide access to water utility workforce opportunities. The key activities include establishing education and training programs, such as internships and apprenticeships,...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded Southwest Economic Solutions $200,000 under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Through this award, Southwest Economic Solutions will recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Detroit, Michigan in environmental careers involving the safe remediation of solid and hazardous waste contamination. Training will include 40 hours of hazardous...