ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB TRAINING GRANTS

Post Date

December 10th 2013

Application Due Date

February 13th 2014

Please refer to the announcement, including Section IV, for additional submission information.

Funding Opportunity Number

EPA-OSWER-OBLR-14-01

CFDA Number(s)

66.815

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

12

Eligibility Categories

Other

See Section III of the announcement for eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $2400000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $200000

Grant Description

This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from eligible entities, including nonprofit organizations, to deliver environmental workforce development and job training programs that recruit, train, and place local, unemployed and under-employed residents with the skills needed to secure full-time employment in the environmental field, with a focus on solid and hazardous waste remediation, environmental health and safety, and wastewater-related training. In Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14), EPA anticipates providing some funding preference to applicants who choose to deliver other types of environmental training, beyond brownfields hazardous waste, as referenced in Section I.B and as referenced in Section V.C.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Joseph Bruss and See Section VII for regional contacts; 202-566-2772

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Joseph Bruss

• Agency Email Address:

  bruss.joseph@epa.gov.

• More Information:

  ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB TRAINING GRANTS