FY25 brownfields job training (JT) grants
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- EPA-I-OLEM-OBLR-24-02
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Categories
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- Environment
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering approximately $14 million in Brownfields Job Training (JT) Grant funding through cooperative agreements. This grant program aims to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of communities impacted by solid and hazardous waste in environmental jobs. Eligible applicants include general purpose units of local government, regional councils, states, tribes, and nonprofit organizations. The training must include the required 40-hour HAZWOPER certification and can cover a range of environmental remediation, assessment, and preparation activities. Applications will be evaluated on the extent to which the applicant partners with and secures hiring commitments from local contractors and other stakeholders in the targeted communities. The application deadline is August 15, 2024.
Grants of up to $500,000 with a project period of up to 5 years are available. The program is funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and aims to create good-paying jobs with the opportunity to join a union and incorporate strong labor standards and workforce programs.
Synopsis
Training programs funded by the Brownfields Job Training Grant provide program graduates with the opportunity to seek and obtain environmental jobs that contractors may otherwise fill from outside the affected community. EPA intends to use this grant opportunity to support the creation of good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union and the incorporation of strong labor standards and workforce programs. Brownfields Job Training Grants help residents take advantage of jobs across a spectrum of brownfield related activities, including the assessment, cleanup, remediation, and planning/site preparation for the revitalization of brownfields. This can involve the assessment and cleanup of solid and hazardous waste; chemical risk management; stormwater management relating to site cleanup; planning and site preparation for low impact development activities; planning and site preparation for green infrastructure installation and maintenance; and vulnerability assessment and contamination mitigation planning. Applicants will be evaluated on the extent to which they partner with and secure hiring commitments from local contractors and other stakeholders in communities where EPA-funded projects are located.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| FY25JT NOFO_Final.pdf |
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