Worker Health and Safety Training Cooperative Agreement

描述（由申请人提供） 拟议的项目将在路易斯安那州的巴吞鲁日（位于巴吞鲁日的南方大学）、路易斯安那州的新奥尔良（泽维尔大学的南方环境正义中心）、德克萨斯州的休斯顿（德克萨斯南方大学）、密西西比州的比洛西/格尔夫波特（环境和经济正义中心）和佐治亚州的萨凡纳（哈兰比之家/环境正义中心）实施少数民族工人培训方案。初步预算期间的费用总额为1 384 755美元。该项目有两个主要目标：1）与历史上的黑人学院/大学（HBCUs），通过学徒计划，当地社区组织，当地社区学院和少数民族拥有的培训提供商合作，实施高质量，全面的工人培训计划，该计划将解决环境修复工作，在邻近社区的地区，参与者将被招募，选择，培训，并安排就业;和2）协助HBCUs，社区学院和社区组织通过教育和培训促进工人的健康和安全。参与者将从密西西比河化工走廊（包括东巴吞鲁日教区和新奥尔良）的沿着社区，以及德克萨斯州休斯顿、密西西比州比洛西/格尔夫波特和佐治亚州萨凡纳的目标社区招募和选择，这些社区靠近危险废物场地，并包括低收入少数民族居民。 参加者必须年满18岁，并且必须失业或就业不足。 培训将为选定的参与者提供必要的技能，以便在从事补救工作的承包商那里获得可持续就业。 培训计划将包括：1）基本技能培训（生活技能、工作准备、学习技能、身体健康、数学、计算机基础知识和咨询）; 2）建筑、危险废物清除、铅和石棉消除、霉菌修复和危险废物运输/CDL准备（针对选定的受训人员）方面的技术培训; 3）工作发展/工作安置援助。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The proposed project will implement Minority Worker Training Programs in Baton Rouge, La (Southern University at Baton Rouge), New Orleans, LA (Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Xavier University), Houston, TX (Texas Southern University), Biloxi/Gulfport, MS (Center for Environmental and Economic Justice), and Savannah, GA (Harambee House/Center for Environmental Justice). The total cost for the initial budget period is $1,384,755. The project has two main goals: 1) to work in partnership with historically Black colleges/universities (HBCUs), unions via apprenticeship programs, local community-based organizations, local community colleges, and minority-owned training providers to implement a quality, comprehensive worker training program that will address environmental remediation efforts in areas in close proximity to the communities from which participants will be recruited, selected, trained, and placed into employment; and 2) to assist HBCUs, community colleges, and community-based organizations in promoting worker health and safety through education and training. The participants will be recruited and selected from communities along the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor (including East Baton Rouge parish and New Orleans), and targeted neighborhoods in Houston, TX, Biloxi/Gulfport, MS, and Savannah, GA, that are in close proximity to hazardous waste sites and encompass a population of low-income minority residents. The participants will be 18 years of age or older, and must be unemployed or underemployed. The training will provide selected participants with the skills needed to obtain sustainable employment with contractors working on remediation. The training program will include, 1) basic skills training (life skills, job readiness, study skills, physical fitness, mathematics, computer basics, and counseling); 2) technical training in construction, hazardous waste removal, lead and asbestos abatement, mold remediation, and hazardous waste transporter/CDL preparation (for selected trainees); and 3) job development/job placement assistance.