Brownfields Job Training Grants
EPA recently announced the selection of 16 applicants to receive FY 2025 Brownfields Job Training Grants – view information on the Recipients Selected in FY 2025.
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- About the Brownfields Job Training Program
- Eligible Types of Training
- Getting Started for Applicants
- Resources for Brownfields Job Training Grant Recipients
- Other Job Training Resources to Explore
About the Brownfields Job Training Program
EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Program provides technical assistance to help nonprofits, local governments, and other eligible organizations build local workforces to perform assessment, cleanup, or preparation of contaminated sites (including brownfields) for reuse. Training programs funded by Brownfields Job Training Grants enable program graduates to obtain skills to secure full-time, sustainable employment in various aspects of hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, and petroleum products within the larger environmental field, including sustainable cleanup and reuse, and chemical safety. Training programs prioritize unemployed and under-employed residents of communities impacted by a variety of waste facilities, blighted properties, and contaminated sites.
EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Program hosts periodic technical assistance webinars and professional learning calls for program applicants and recipients.
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Eligible Types of Training
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. EPA evaluates each Brownfields Job Training Grant application to determine the eligibility of proposed training courses. The following examples illustrate the types of training courses that Brownfields Job Training Program funds may be used to offer.
Eligible Course List
For a more complete list of eligible training courses and examples of courses that are ineligible, visit List of Eligible and Ineligible Brownfield Job Training Courses.
Example Courses
- Brownfields hazardous waste training
- “Green Remediation” technologies
- Green infrastructure and stormwater management
- Emergency planning, preparedness, and response training for emergencies leading to contamination on brownfield sites
- Enhanced environmental health and safety related to site remediation
- Energy efficiency and alternative energy technologies
- Training in assessment, inventory, analysis, and remediation of brownfield sites
- Use of techniques and methods for cleanup of hazardous substances
- Awareness training in Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Justice
- Training in climate change mitigation and adaption
Getting Started for Applicants
Applicants submit an application through www.grants.gov. Details about specific funding opportunities will be published on the EPA's Brownfields Program Current and Upcoming Funding Opportunities webpage and on www.grants.gov. To view past funding opportunities, visit the Past Funding Opportunities webpage
- Are you interested in applying for Brownfields Job Training funding? If so, review these tips for getting prepared and registering with SAM.gov/
- Review Frequently Asked Questions About Brownfields Job Training (JT) Grants to find answers to questions often asked by prospective applicants.
- Explore the Brownfields Job Training Current and Past Grantees Map to learn about past and current grantee programs, including the training courses they offer and the certifications their students receive.
- If resources permit, EPA Regions may conduct open meetings with potential applicants. Check with your regional Brownfields Job Training Program Contact. Note that EPA can respond to questions from applicants about threshold criteria. EPA staff cannot meet with applicants to discuss draft applications or provide assistance in responding to evaluation criteria.
- Sign up for the Brownfields Listserv to receive updates and important information.
Resources for Brownfields Job Training Grant Recipients
Below are links to reporting forms for Brownfields Job Training Grant recipients, as well as links to additional resources.
- Brownfields Job Training Grants Technical Assistance Resources
- Job Training Reporting Form (pdf)
- Grant Recipient Reporting
Other Job Training Resources to Explore
The additional resources linked below may be useful to communities who are creating job training programs.
Federal Grant Programs
- Search on Grants.gov to find assistance listings for all federal agencies.
- Learn about the HAZMAT Safety & Training, Worker Training Program from the National Institutes for Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
- Discover funding opportunities and other helpful resources from the Employment and Training Administration in the U.S. Department of Labor.
- Explore the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program and other competitive grant opportunities from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration.
Additional Resources
The websites linked below may provide useful information for potential applicants for and recipients of Brownfields Job Training Grants.
- Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center empowers educators and offers more than 400 instructional materials, publications, and occupational/workforce analyses.
- American Association of Community Colleges is an advocacy organization for more than 1,000 community colleges.
- Career Onestop provides a platform to explore careers, training, and jobs (sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor).
- Green America helps people and businesses reduce emissions and advance clean energy.
- Home Builders Institute provides trade skills training and education for the building industry,
- Interstate Renewable Energy Council advances efforts supporting rapid adoption of clean energy and energy efficiency.
- National Association of Workforce Boards is a network of local community workforce development boards.
- National Council for Workforce Education builds inclusive networks of workforce professionals that champion innovation, justice, and economic opportunity
- National Environmental Health Association offers courses and certifications to enhance knowledge, skill, and professional growth opportunities
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Online Curricula Database is an online catalog of career and training opportunities, searchable by course category, program, grantee, training provider, and language.
- U.S. Department of Transportation Workforce Development supports initiative to develop the transportation workforce.
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education administers, coordinates programs that are related to adult education and literacy, career and technical education, and community colleges.
- U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy focuses on developing and enhancing workforce skills related to clean energy.
- U.S. Department of Labor, Workforce Investment provides information, advice, job search assistance, supportive services, and training for in-demand industries and occupations.
- U.S. EPA, Office of Environmental Justice offers grants, technical assistance, and many other tools and resources to help protect people from disproportionate and adverse health and environmental effects.
- U.S. EPA, Energy and the Environment provides information and resources about clean energy, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and efficient combined heat and power.