The Los Angeles Conservation Corps, the City of Long Beach's Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network, City of Richmond and Cypress Mandela Training Center, Inc. will receive a total of $1,952,212 in grant funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to provide job training to assess and clean up contaminated sites known as "brownfields," the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today.
These funds are part of more than $6.8 million provided by the Recovery Act to provide brownfields job training across the nation.
"Through this Recovery Act funding, EPA and our community partners will provide training and environmental career opportunities to California residents," Laura Yoshii, EPA's acting Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest, said in a statement. "These grants will help ensure that a trained work force is ready to clean up contaminated sites and revitalize them for productive reuse in our communities."
The Los Angeles Conservation Corps will receive $500,000. The Corps plans to train 100 participants and place 80 graduates in environmental jobs. The training program will consist of four 10-week cycles of 400 hours per cycle. Courses will include hazardous waste operation, asbestos and lead abatement, weatherization, solar panel installation and energy audit certifications.
Pacific Gateway will get $452,212. Through the proposed Long Beach Bioneers Academy, the city plans to train 100 participants, graduate 70 students and place 53 graduates in environmental jobs.
Courses will include OSHA 30-hour health and safety certification, hazardous waste operation certification, and asbestos, lead, and mold abatement certification. Employment specialists and business service team members in the Pacific Gateway will connect with the business community and an extensive network of environmental employers to place graduates with appropriate employers.
These funds are part of more than $6.8 million provided by the Recovery Act to provide brownfields job training across the nation.
"Through this Recovery Act funding, EPA and our community partners will provide training and environmental career opportunities to California residents," Laura Yoshii, EPA's acting Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest, said in a statement. "These grants will help ensure that a trained work force is ready to clean up contaminated sites and revitalize them for productive reuse in our communities."
The Los Angeles Conservation Corps will receive $500,000. The Corps plans to train 100 participants and place 80 graduates in environmental jobs. The training program will consist of four 10-week cycles of 400 hours per cycle. Courses will include hazardous waste operation, asbestos and lead abatement, weatherization, solar panel installation and energy audit certifications.
Pacific Gateway will get $452,212. Through the proposed Long Beach Bioneers Academy, the city plans to train 100 participants, graduate 70 students and place 53 graduates in environmental jobs.
Courses will include OSHA 30-hour health and safety certification, hazardous waste operation certification, and asbestos, lead, and mold abatement certification. Employment specialists and business service team members in the Pacific Gateway will connect with the business community and an extensive network of environmental employers to place graduates with appropriate employers.
Karen Robes Meeks came to work for the Press-
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