Resource List

EPA and Other Federal Agencies/Programs

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Step-Up Program
Step-Up is an apprenticeship-based employment and training program that provides career potential for low-income persons by enabling them to work on construction projects that have certain prevailing wage requirements.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Weed and Seed Program
The Weed and Seed strategy is a U.S. Department of Justice initiative which began in 1991 that provides communities with resources to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity in high-crime neighborhoods across the country. Because Weed and Seed pilots are touted as a strategy rather than a funding initiative, all sites must show their capacity to obtain financial and in-kind resources from a variety of private and public sources.

Department of Labor (DOL)
The U.S. Department of Labor covers a wide variety of workplace activities for nearly 10 million employers and well over 100 million workers, including protecting workers' wages, health and safety, and employment and pension rights; promoting equal employment opportunity; administering job training, unemployment insurance and workers' compensation programs; strengthening free collective bargaining and collecting; and analyzing and publishing labor and economic statistics.

Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program (EZ/EC)
The purpose of the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community (EZ/EC) initiative is to create jobs and business opportunities in the most economically-distressed areas of inner cities and the rural heartland. The EZ/EC effort provides tax incentives and performance grants and loans to create jobs and expand business opportunities.

EPA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
The mission of EPA's OSDBU is to maintain and increase the level of small, women and minority business participation in procurements, contracts, grants cooperative agreements, and other business related opportunities generated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Also, to serve as an advocate and information resource for the small, minority and women-owned business communities who seek guidance regarding business opportunities.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) was given major responsibility for initiating a training grants program under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA). The primary objective of this program is to fund non-profit organizations with a demonstrated track record of providing occupational safety and health education in developing and delivering high quality training to workers who are involved in handling hazardous waste or in responding to emergency releases of hazardous materials.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers. To accomplish this, federal and state governments must work in partnership with the more than 100 million working men and women and their six and a half million employers who are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

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