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EPA Announces Over $475K in Brownfields Job Training Grant to Iowa Western
Community College
Contact Information: Jonathan Klusmeyer, 913-343-2991,
LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 16, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced that Iowa Western Community College has been selected
to receive a $478,474 grant to help recruit, train, and place workers in
community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield sites in Council
Bluffs, Iowa, North Omaha, Nebraska, and the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan
statistical area.
The Brownfields Job Training Program Grants are funded by President Biden’s
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will advance economic opportunity and
environmental justice.
The college plans to train 96 students and place 69 in environmental jobs.
Students who complete the training will earn up to five federal
certifications. The training program includes instructional training in areas
such as 40-Hour HAZWOPER; Asbestos Abatement Worker; OSHA Lead Awareness; OSHA
10-Hour General Industry; OSHA Hazard Communication; General Construction and
Deconstruction; and more.
“Today’s announcement is a key step in revitalizing communities and
transforming underutilized Midwestern spaces,” said EPA Region 7
Administrator Meg McCollister. “We congratulate the selected organizations
and eagerly look forward to working together to develop a skilled workforce in
environmental jobs.”
EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Program provides funding to organizations
that are working to create a skilled workforce in communities where
assessment, cleanup, and preparation of brownfield sites for reuse activities
are taking place. Individuals completing a job training program funded by EPA
often overcome a variety of barriers to employment. Many are from historically
underserved neighborhoods or reside in the areas that are affected by
environmental justice issues. All of the FY25 Brownfields Job Training Program
applications selected have proposed to work in areas that include
disadvantaged communities, as defined by the Climate and Economic Justice
Screening Tool, delivering on President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative to
deliver 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal investments to
disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and
overburdened by pollution.
Individuals typically graduate from the program with a variety of
certifications that improve their marketability and help ensure that
employment opportunities are not just temporary contractual work, but
long-term environmental careers.
For more information on the selected Brownfields Job Training Grant
recipients, including past grant recipients, please visit EPA’s Brownfields
Grant Fact Sheet Search tool.
Background
President Biden’s leadership and bipartisan congressional action delivered
the single-largest investment in U.S. brownfields infrastructure ever. The
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) invests over $1.5 billion through EPA’s
highly successful Brownfields Program and the funding from this grant cycle
comes from this historic investment. This budget boost gives EPA the ability
to fund more communities, states, and tribal nations.
In addition, these entities have the opportunity to apply for larger grants to
build and enhance their environmental job training curriculums to support job
creation and community revitalization around brownfield sites. Ultimately,
this investment will help trained individuals gain access to jobs created
through brownfields revitalization activities within their communities.
Since 1998, EPA has awarded 430 grants totaling over $113 million through
Brownfields Job Training Programs. With these grants, over 23,400 individuals
have completed training and over 17,400 have been placed in careers related to
land remediation and environmental health and safety. Over the last five
years, the average starting wage for these individuals is approximately $23
per hour.
If your organization is considering applying for, or has a question related
to, Brownfields Job Training Grants, submit a technical assistance request to
EPA.
Learn more about types of Brownfields funding.
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