The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities and nonprofit organizations to deliver Brownfields Job Training programs that recruit, train, and retain a local, skilled workforce by prioritizing unemployed and underemployed residents to obtain the skills and credentials needed for pathways into full-time employment in various aspects of hazardous and solid waste management and within the larger environmental field, including sustainable cleanup and reuse, and chemical safety.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 08/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The objective of the Brownfields Job Training Program is to recruit, train, and place unemployed and under-employed residents of solid and hazardous waste-impacted communities with the skills needed to obtain full-time, sustainable employment. This program promotes the facilitation of activities related to assessment, cleanup, or preparation of contaminated sites, including brownfields, for reuse, while simultaneously building a local workforce with the skills needed to perform remediation work that is supportive of environmental protection and environmental health and safety.
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.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $14,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
Project Period
5 years
Eligible Uses of Grant Funds
- Applicants must indicate the specific types of training they propose to deliver in their training program description.
- Personnel costs, including fringe benefits, for instructors to conduct training and other tasks associated with programmatic training.
- Personnel and data infrastructure costs to support programmatic reporting requirements, performance-management, and program-evaluation.
- Costs for recruiting, screening, and placement of individuals in the training program.
- Personnel costs for caseworkers or other specialists who work with participants to identify barriers they face to employment, connect them to resources, and support their success in the program and in retaining employment, with support provided for up to one year following the completion of the training program.
- Costs for training materials and work gear associated with the training curriculum.
- Development and refinement of existing curricula for training.
- Personnel costs for employer engagement activities, including building new employer relationships, working with employers to inform curriculum, involving employers in the training program, securing hiring commitments for graduates, and supporting trainee success in employment following the program.
- On-the-job training insurance for trainees.
- Mentorship associated with on-the-job training, such as peer mentors where an experienced employee is paired with a new trainee.
- Costs associated with health exams (e.g., pulmonary function tests), drug testing, or licensing fees directly related to the training and/or the placement of graduates in environmental work.
- Costs used to cover rental fees associated with training facilities or minor alteration of existing facilities.
Eligibility Criteria
In accordance with Assistance Listing (CFDA) 66.815, the following entities are eligible to apply for a Brownfields Job Training Grant:
- General Purpose Unit of Local Government
- Land Clearance Authority or other quasi-governmental entity that operates under the supervision and control of, or as an agent of, a general purpose unit of local government.
- Government entity created by State Legislature.
- Regional Council or group of General Purpose Units of Local Government.
- Redevelopment Agency that is chartered or otherwise sanctioned by a State.
- Federally recognized Indian Tribe other than in Alaska .
- Alaskan Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village Corporation, and the Metlakatla Indian Community.
- Nonprofit organizations
For more information, visit Grants.gov,
