ACRES Training, Tips and Tools
Find resources to help you navigate ACRES and submit your grant recipient reports.
- All ACRES Users
- MARC and TBA Grant Recipients
- Job Training Grant Recipients
- State and Tribal Response Program Grant Recipients
- Technical Assistance Providers
For additional assistance, contact the ACRES Help Desk or call 703-284-8212.
All ACRES Users
Resources to help get you started with ACRES.
Online ACRES Training Schedule for Brownfields Grantees
Reference Guides for All ACRES Users:
- ACRES Registration for New User (pdf)
- Accessing ACRES After Registration (pdf)
- Setting Email Preferences in ACRES (pdf)
- Using your ACRES Homepage (pdf)
- Viewing and Printing your Cooperative Agreement Information (pdf)
- Associating a Cooperative Agreement to Your ACRES Account (pdf)
MARC and TBA Grant Recipients
For Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant Recipients and Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) Grant Recipients
Training
- Getting Started ACRES Training for New Grantees
- Recording (mp3) (January 2025)
- Slides (pdf) (January 2025)
- Next Level ACRES Training for Grantees
- Recording (mp3) (December 2025)
- Slides (pdf) (December 2025)
- ACRES Training on Cleanup Grant Quarterly Reports (December 2023) (mp3)
- ACRES Training on Assessment Grant Quarterly Reports (June 2024) (mp3)
- ACRES Training on Multipurpose Grant Quarterly Reports (September 2024) (mp3)
- September 2024 ACRES Training on RLF Program Income Reporting
- September 2023 ACRES Training for RLF Grantees:
- January 2023 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) ACRES Training
Quick Guides
- Adding a TBA Property to ACRES (pdf)
- Associating an Existing Property to a Cooperative Agreement (pdf)
- How to Delete or Disassociate a Property (pdf)
- How to Enter and Edit Property or Cooperative Agreement Data (pdf)
- Viewing Property Detail Information (pdf)
- Work Package Sharing (pdf)
- Revolving Loan Fund Form Quick Reference (pdf)
Reference Documents
- Property Profile Form (pdf)
- Property Profile Form Instructions (pdf)
- Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Form and Instructions
Job Training Grant Recipients
- ACRES Job Training Data Slides (pdf)
- Job Training Data Entry Guide (pdf)
- Job Training Reporting Form (pdf)
- Job Training Reporting Form Instructions (pdf)
State and Tribal Response Program Grant Recipients
- How to Enter and View Program Activity Levels Data (pdf)
- How to Update a State Report (pdf)
- Program Activity Levels Reporting Form (pdf)
- Program Activity Levels Reporting Instructions (pdf)
- October 2024 Program Activity Levels ACRES Training (mp3)
Technical Assistance Providers
Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Grant Recipients
This module has been retitled in ACRES to "K7 TA" in order to include additional Brownfields Technical Assistance Grant Recipients. When reviewing the resources provided below, the user will see some slight differences in the latest release of ACRES due to this new title.
- Slides for ACRES Training on TA Data Entry for TAB Providers (pdf)
- Recording for ACRES Training on TA Data Entry for TAB providers (mp3)
- TAB Profile Form (pdf)
- TAB Profile Form Instructions (pdf)
Technical Assistance (TA) Providers (Contractors)
This module has been retitled in ACRES to "Contractor Technical Assistance (CTA)." When reviewing the resources provided below, the user will see some slight differences in the latest release of ACRES due to this new title.