Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from eligible entities, including non-profit 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.
Under this competition, applicants may choose to serve dislocated workers, or those laid off as a result of recent manufacturing plant closures, as well as those severely under-employed or unemployed in the target community.
Under this competition, applicants may choose to serve dislocated workers, or those laid off as a result of recent manufacturing plant closures, as well as those severely under-employed or unemployed in the target community.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants
Additional Information of Eligibility:
See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/grants/epa-oswer-oblr-13-03.pdf
Contact:
Joe Bruss, Phone: 202-566-2772
Agency Email Description:
Joseph Bruss
Agency Email:
bruss.joseph@epa.gov
Date Posted:
2013-02-27
Application Due Date:
2013-04-09
Archive Date:
2013-05-09
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