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Workforce Alliance brings EPA brownfields training and $1.5M veterans reintegration grant to Sedgwick County
Summary
Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas announced two federal grant awards: a $500,000 EPA Brownfields Job Training grant to train environmental remediation and hazmat workers, and a $1.5 million Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program award to train and support veterans over three years.
Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas told the Sedgwick County commission on Sept. 3 that it has secured two federal grants the agency says will expand local training and employment access.
Amanda Duncan, program staff for Workforce Alliance, described a $500,000 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Job Training grant that will run for two years and aims to train roughly 90 people per year in environmental remediation skills, including OSHA and hazmat training, asbestos remediation and…
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