American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Brownfields Job Training Grants

The summary for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Brownfields Job Training Grants Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Brownfields Job Training Grants
	CFDA Number:	66.815
	CFDA Description:	Brownfield Job Training Cooperative Agreements
	Federal Agency Name:	Environmental Protection Agency
	Category of Funding Activity:	Recovery Act
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Other
	Funding Opportunity Number:	EPA-ARRA--OSWER-OBLR-JT
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 06, 2009
	Creation Date:	Mar 24, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 20, 2009 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 20, 2009 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
	Archive Date:	May 20, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	10
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$5,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.
Grant Description: This notice announces the availability of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and solicits applications from eligible governmental entities and non-profit organizations to provide environmental job training projects that will promote job creation and economic development by facilitating the assessment, remediation, or preparation of brownfields sites. Eligible applicants must identify and propose to serve a community that currently receives, or has received, financial assistance (federal, state, or tribal) for brownfields assessment, revolving loan fund, cleanup, site-specific work carried out by state or tribal response programs, and/or targeted brownfields assessments performed directly by EPA. Furthermore, under this opportunity, the Agency is soliciting applications for projects that can be started expeditiously by applicants who can demonstrate the ability to contribute to economic recovery through the creation and/or preservation of jobs. The full RFA is expected to be posted by March 19, 2009. Once it is issued, this synopsis will be modified to include the link to the full announcement.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/eparecovery/
Grant Announcement Contact: Becky Brooks, 202-566-2762.

Becky Brooks [brooks.becky@epa.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • BROWNFIELDS JOB TRAINING GRANTS; • Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Job Training Grants; • BROWNFIELDS JOB TRAINING GRANTS