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Brownfields Job Training Program

Detailed information about this program is below:

Category	Information About This Specific Program
Title	Brownfields Job Training Program (formally known as the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Program)
Purpose	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 are supportive of environmental protection and environmental health and safety.
Type of Assistance	Grant (Cooperative Agreement)
Eligible Applicants	General Purpose Unit of Local Government (EPA uses the definition of Local government in Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations in section 200.1) 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. State Indian Tribe other than in Alaska. (The exclusion of Tribes from Alaska, with the exception of the Metlakatla Indian Community as noted below, from grant eligibility is statutory at Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Section 104(k)(1)). Intertribal Consortia are eligible for funding in accordance with EPA’s policy for funding intertribal consortia published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2002, at volume 67 of the Federal Register, starting on page 67181. (This policy also may be obtained from your EPA Regional Job Training Coordinator listed.) Alaskan Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village Corporation and the Metlakatla Indian Community. (Alaskan Native Regional Corporation and Alaska Native Village Corporation as those terms are defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 United States Code 1601 and following).) Nonprofit organizations. For purposes of this grant program, consistent with the definition of Nonprofit organization in Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations section 200.1 the term “nonprofit organization” means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that is operated mainly for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purpose in the public interest; is not organized primarily for profit; and uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operation of the organization. Eligible nonprofit organizations may, but are not required to be, exempt from taxation 12 under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code. Workforce Investment Boards and organized Labor Unions that meet these criteria may be eligible nonprofit organizations. Public and nonprofit private institutions of higher education (including community colleges and similar two-year institutions) are eligible to apply
Eligible Activities	Please review the Request for Application: Section I.C Eligible Uses of Grant Funds for a list of eligible uses of grant funds.
Excluded Activities/Other Restrictions	Please review the Request for Application: Section I.D Ineligible Uses of Grant Funds for examples of ineligible uses of grant funds.
Pre-Funding Requirements (if applicable)	Not applicable
Typical Award Amount (if applicable)	Up to $500,000
Total Awarded Fiscal Year 2017 (if applicable)	$12,000,000
Match Requirement (if applicable)	None
Solicitation Process/Timeline	Proposal deadline is usually fall.
Proposal Elements/Scoring Criteria	Proposal review information and criteria are determined by the annual grant guidelines.
Contact Information (primary contact and website or other source)	Shepherd Channing Email: channing.sheperd@epa.gov Phone: (202) 566-1238 Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 66.815 webpage
Website Information about Successful Tribal Applicants/Projects	Brownfields Job Trainings Grants
Headquarters Office	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20460

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