ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB TRAINING (EWDJT) GRANTS

Post Date

December 8th 2014

Application Due Date

February 3rd 2015

Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.

Funding Opportunity Number

EPA-OSWER-OBLR-15-01

CFDA Number(s)

66.815

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

17

Eligibility Categories

Other

See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $3400000

• 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 2015 (FY15), 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:

  Joe Bruss;
  U.S EPA;
  Office of Brownfields and Land
  Revitalization;
  1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (MC 5105-T);
  Washington, DC 20460
  Phone: (202) 566-2772.

• Agency Mailing Address:

  bruss.joseph@epa.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  bruss.joseph@epa.gov

• More Information:

  ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB TRAINING (EWDJT) GRANTS