Brownfields Job Training Grants provide funding for a grant recipient to deliver trainings to unemployed and under-employed residents from communities impacted by brownfields. Students develop skills needed to secure fullt ime employment in various aspects of hazardous and solid waste management and within the larger environmental field, including sustainable cleanup and reuse, and chemical safety.
Funds may be used to offer trainings in:
Brownfields hazardous waste training
“Green Remediation” technologies
Green infrastructure and stormwater management
Emergency planning, preparedness, and response training for emergencies leading to contamination on brownfield sites
Enhanced environmental health and safety related to site remediation
Energy efficiency and alternative energy technologies
Training in assessment, inventory, analysis, and remediation of brownfield sites
Use of techniques and methods for cleanup of hazardous substances
Awareness training in Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Justice
Training in climate change mitigation and adaption
General Purpose Unit of Local Government.
Land Clearance Authority or another quasigovernmental 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.
State.
Indian tribe other than in Alaska.
Alaska Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village Corporation, and Metlakatla Indian Community.
Nonprofit organization; including, but not limited to, organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Public and nonprofit private institutions of higher education