Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements
Environmental Protection Agency
Brownfield sites are real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. The objective of the Brownfields Job Training Program is to recruit, train, and place unemployed and under-employed residents of solid and hazardous waste-impacted communities with the skills needed to obtain full-time, long term employment. This program promotes the facilitation of activities related to
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Helps individuals gain skills for jobs in environmental cleanup and safety. Graduates earn certifications like HAZWOPER and Asbestos Inspection.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Provides grant funding and technical assistance to eligible organizations (nonprofits, local governments, etc.) to establish or enhance job training programs. These programs build local workforces skilled in environmental assessment, cleanup, and revitalization of contaminated brownfield sites, enabling graduates to secure full-time, sustainable employment in the environmental field.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: environmental remediation, hazardous waste management, site assessment, site preparation, community involvement
Region: United States
Other Criteria: Applicant is a nonprofit organization, local government, or other eligible organization, Training program must build local workforces to perform assessment, cleanup, or preparation of contaminated brownfield sites for reuse, Training programs prioritize unemployed and under-employed residents of communities impacted by waste facilities, blighted properties, and contaminated sites, All eligible training must have a direct connection to facilitating the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation, Applicant organization must be registered in SAM.gov and Grants.gov, For coalitions: Lead entity must have legal authority to expend grant funds on behalf of non-lead members, Target area must have an unemployed/underemployed population impacted by the presence of at least one brownfield site
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🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 20%
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- money
- labor
- materials
- services
- 📚Stacking Rules
- EPA has waived cost share requirements for MAC Grants in FY26
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- Documentation of matching funds must be provided as part of the application process.
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