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Workforce Development Fact Sheet
Overview EPA, in partnership with other Federal Agencies and local environmental employment and training programs, continues to develop long-term plans for fostering workforce development in brownfields communities. EPA believes that workforce development and job training are the critical links between environmental cleanup and safe and sustainable community redevelopment. These efforts help to guarantee that brownfields cleanup and redevelopment have the trained workforce needed to revitalize contaminated properties, and that local community members have an opportunity to compete in the economic mainstream. Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilots In 1998, EPA launched a new element of its Brownfields Initiative to help local communities take advantage of jobs created by the assessment and cleanup of brownfields, and to facilitate the cleanup of these sites: the Brownfields Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilot program. The Job Training Pilots, each located within or near a Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot, are designed to train residents in communities impacted by brownfields. These skills can then be used for future employment in the environmental field, including cleanups employing an alternative or innovative technology. The Pilots monitor the progress of trainees for at least one year as they seek employment in the environmental field. Each Job Training Pilot is awarded up to $200,000 over a two-year period. Colleges, universities, community job training organizations, nonprofit training centers, States, counties, municipalities, Federally recognized Indian Tribes, and U.S. Territories are all eligible for the job training grants. Since fiscal year 1998, EPA has awarded a total of 37 Job Training Pilots across the nation. Workforce Development and Job Training Partnerships EPA is committed to building partnerships with States and cities, and among Federal agencies to meet workforce development and job training objectives. EPA recognizes the need to promote environmental workforce training programs in brownfields communities throughout the country. In particular, efforts are focused on the creation of job opportunities in brownfields neighborhoods.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences EPA is working with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to leverage job training opportunities for residents of Brownfields Pilots communities. EPA and NIEHS are working to ensure that Minority Worker Training Program grants, established to facilitate the development of minority youth worker training programs, tie closely to ongoing activities in Brownfields Pilot cities. Department of Labor
Department of Veterans Affairs
Job Development, Education, and Training Initiatives
EPA is funding and participating in job training and education efforts linked to the Brownfields Initiative. HMTRI
HMTRI also maintains the "Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center" website. ATEEC provides additional information on educational and job training opportunities, as well as job development activities associated with EPA Brownfields Pilots. EPA and its partners are continuing their efforts to develop training and apprenticeship programs to ensure that the short- and long-term economic benefits of brownfields cleanup and redevelopment are shared by local communities. Contacts Myra Blakely Alternatively, please use the Internet World Wide Web to access the EPA Brownfields Homepage: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/ |
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