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Brownfields 2025 Job Training Fact Sheet

Groundwork Denver, Denver and Sheridan, CO

EPA Information

Region: EPA Region 8 Brownfields Team
Phone: 303-312-6398
Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/r8

Publication Information

Office:
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Land and Emergency Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
Publication Number:
EPA 560-F-24-222
Publication Date:
December 2024

Job Training Grant

$500,000.00

EPA has selected Groundwork Denver for a Brownfields Job Training Grant. Groundwork Denver plans to train 56 students and place at least 16 in environmental jobs. The training program includes 163 hours of instructional training, as detailed in the chart below. Students who complete the training will earn up to two federal certifications. Groundwork Denver is targeting underemployed young adults aged 18-26 who are living in the City of Sheridan and the City and County of Denver with a prioritization for young adults who are Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and living on low incomes. Key partners include Arapahoe/Douglas Works!, the City and County of Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, the City of Sheridan, the Colorado Water Center, the Davey Tree Expert Company, Denver Parks and Recreation, RiverWatch, South Suburban Parks and Recreation, The Park People, Urban Peak, and WORKNOW.

For further information, including specific grant contacts, additional grant information, brownfields news and events, and publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

Grant Recipient Information

Name: Groundwork Denver
Address: Groundwork Denver, 3280 North Downing Street, Unit E, Denver, CO 80205
Contact: Molly McPhee, molly@groundworkcolorado.org, (303) 455-5600
Website: https://groundworkcolorado.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GroundworkDenver
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/groundwork_denver/
Twitter: https://x.com/groundworkden
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Groundwork_Denver
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/82349614/admin/
Certificates & Technical Curriculum Supported by EPA
  • 40-Hour HAZWOPER
  • OSHA-10
  • CPR/First Aid
  • The TreeForce Program
Other Curriculum
  • Introduction to Green Infrastructure
  • Practices for Assessing and Protecting Water Quality on Brownfield Sites
  • Resident Engagement and Education
Additional Skills and Services
  • Job Readiness
  • Life Skills

Overview of the EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, Tribal Nations, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield site is 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 Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, as amended by the Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development Act of 2018, was passed to help states, Tribal Nations, and communities around the country clean up and revitalize brownfield sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants, Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup Grants, and Brownfields Job Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism.

Brownfields Job Training Grant funds are provided to nonprofit organizations and other eligible entities to recruit and train unemployed and underemployed residents from communities affected by environmental pollution, economic disinvestment, and brownfields and place them in environmental jobs. Since the program was created in 1998, EPA has awarded 430 job training grants totaling over $113.1 million through Brownfield Job Training Programs. With these grants, approximately 23,460 individuals have completed training and over 17,450 individuals have been placed in careers related to land remediation and environmental health and safety. This equates to a cumulative placement rate of approximately 74 percent. The average starting wage for these jobs over the last five years is approximately $23 an hour.


The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant application; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of the information. The cooperative agreement is negotiated after the selection announcement. Therefore, the funding amount and activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
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