The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $5,300,000 Project Grant to the Energy Innovation Center Institute, Inc. under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616). This funding will enable the recipient to create workforce development activities that benefit disadvantaged communities and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants.
Specifically, the activities include establishing leadership development, occupational training, mentoring, workforce development, and cross-training programs. The project will also involve reviewing and auditing multiple drinking water and wastewater treatment plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio to determine baseline emissions, identify emission reduction efforts, and assess the applicability of new emission reduction technologies and process improvements. The resulting emissions data will be analyzed and integrated into a standardized emission reduction training curriculum. Additionally, the recipient will develop a 120-hour new worker curriculum to train minority workers for skilled roles at the selected treatment plants serving disadvantaged communities. The grant has an award date of October 1, 2024 and a completion date of March 30, 2027.
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