ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB TRAINING GRANTS
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.
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.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB TRAINING GRANTS
Additional Information of Eligibility:
See Section III of the announcement for eligibility information.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/grants/epa-oswer-oblr-14-01.pdf
Contact:
Joseph Bruss and See Section VII for regional contacts; 202-566-2772
Agency Email Description:
Joseph Bruss
Agency Email:
bruss.joseph@epa.gov.
Date Posted:
2013-12-10
Application Due Date:
2014-02-13
Archive Date:
2014-03-15
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