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Environmental Protection Agency Job Training Grant

Grant to Train Workers in Racine Announced by Administration

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The Biden-Harris Administration announced on December 8, 2023 that Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps is one of 14 national organizations awarded a large grant to recruit and train workers. Great Lakes CCC will implement work, funded by the grant, in Racine, Wisconsin as part of the Investing in America agenda.

This latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities.

Read the full announcement here.

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Clean Energy Workforce Development Job Training Grant

EPA job training grants, Great Lakes CCC gets $200K

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See FOX6 News coverage of the Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps, based in Racine, as one of 19 organizations nationwide to receive a grant, the awards totaling more than $3.7 million.

“(This) presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a better America and that means new, good-paying jobs,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “This program will directly impact people’s lives, boosting the environmental workforce while helping to transform communities that need it the most.”