NIEHS Worker Training Gulf Coast Response: Rebuilding EJ Communities after Katrina Brownfields 2006: A Revolution in Redevelopment & Revitalization, Boston, MA

Speakers Dr. Beverly Wright, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Dillard Univ. (HBCU Consortium) Doris Gill, City of Port Arthur, TX; OAI Consortium Kizetta Vaughn, CPWR Consortium

Worker Education & Training Program The NIEHS has conducted health and safety training programs since Focus - provide awards to organizations to develop model worker safety and health training programs for workers engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal or containment or chemical emergency response 18 non-profit organizations at 80 universities, labor-based safety programs and other institutions.

Worker Education & Training Program Develop model curricula & training techniques Expansion of training resources to new sectors Upgrade work practices and technical skills Diffusion of occupational safety and health knowledge Creation of new national benchmarks for quality worker safety and health training Develop programs to train workers in environmental and construction work

Hazardous waste (HWWTP) – model occupational safety and health training for hazardous waste removal, containment, and chemical emergency response (ER); DOE nuclear weapons cleanup training – training in environmental restoration, waste treatment and ER activities in the DOE’s nuclear weapons complex; Minority worker (MWTP) and Brownfields worker (BMWTP) – these programs focus on delivering comprehensive training to disadvantaged and underserved minorities for employment in the environmental restoration and hazardous materials fields and in Brownfields redevelopment; Hazmat disaster training (HDTP) - This new program enhances current hazardous materials workers and chemical responders, to train skilled response personnel, to create materials and deliver training to weapons of mass destruction response workers and to augment prevention and preparedness efforts in a wide variety of high risk settings. Description of Programs

Collaborative Effort NIEHS YCD

Training individuals across the US Brownfields Minority Worker Training Program –303 students trained for 89,166 contact hours Minority Worker Training Program –334 students trained for 108,199 contact hours –Since 1995, both programs have trained approximately 6200 people with an overall job placement rate of 67%

Notice Number: NOT-ES Training Residents Affected by Hurricane Katrina under the Brownfields/MWTP

Training Focus Training Katrina displaced residents or those residing in TX, AL, LA and MS. Build Partnerships with Local Training and Support Organizations

NIEHS BF/MWTP Focus

Dillard University (Dillard)- Deep South Center for Environmental Justice The Dillard Consortium will train individuals in New Orleans, LA and Houston, TX through a collaboration with Texas Southern University (TSU) The program includes a tiered training plan of no more than 6 weeks of basic skills and no more than 4 weeks of technical training for 100 students in Houston, TX. Small minority owned businesses

Center to Protect Workers Rights (CPWR) CPWR Consortium will train 25 students in the New Orleans, LA and surrounding parishes. The streamline training includes 40 hr Hazwoper, OSHA 10, Katrina Orientation, and an abbreviated construction skills training program. Under their regular program, they will train 25 students. The Louisiana Building and Construction Trades Council and the Louisiana Regional Council of Carpenters will continue to serve as the lead for the training. Training plan interfaces with union apprenticeship programs and local workforce development organizations to provide supportive services.

MWT Brownfields Minority Training Worker Program Full Partnership with administrative support Real Community Ties specifically in the Port Arthur, Houston and New Orleans Matching up resources for successful training Partnerships across the board Physical Capacity to House Training space appropriate for both health & safety and hands-on construction skills Social Service Capacity Links to Employment Genuine Commitment to People Served NIEHS

MUTUAL BENEFITS Transportation, & $10K in supportive services, life skills training, recruitment of residents CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TX Space equipped to conduct hands- on training with payment of utility cost LAMAR COLLEGE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION - EMPLOYMENT LINKAGES Work boots, safety glasses, flame retardant clothes and other safety supplies $150 incentives PORT ARTHUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

MUTUAL BENEFITS Lead agency for training, administration and oversight of operation OAI, INC Funding for technical & life skills training & other resources NIEHS AGS Environmental and Lamar College Conducted technical training such as asbestos, hazwoper, OSHA 10, 1 st aid/CPR & mold, 5 6 7