May 16, 2023
Library and Community Services
Employment & Training
DATE: May 16, 2023
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM: LaShonda White, Deputy City Manager
Tamara Walker, Deputy Director of Community Services,
Employment & Training
Fred Lucero, Program Manager, RichmondBUILD
Subject:
$500,000 grant from the United States Environmental
Protection Agency for RichmondBUILD
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no impact on the City’s general fund. All expenditures will be funded entirely from the $500,000
grant awarded by the EPA to the Employment & Training
Division of the Community Services Department.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
N/A
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Employment and Training Department seeks
authority to accept and appropriate a $500,000 grant
from the Environmental Protection Agency to provide
opportunities for unemployed Richmond residents
through certification classes at RichmondBUILD.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE $500,000 in federal funds awarded to Employment &
Training from the Environmental Protection Agency to
provide opportunities for unemployed Richmond
residents through certification classes at
RichmondBUILD – Community Services Department,
Employment and Training (Tamara Walker 510-307-
8006/Fred Lucero 510-621-1562).
AGENDA
REPORT
May 16, 2023
DISCUSSION:
In December 2022, the Employment and Training Division of the Community Services Department was awarded additional grant funds in the amount of $500,000 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The EPA grant was awarded to the City of Richmond to provide opportunities for unemployed Richmond residents through certification classes at RichmondBUILD. The certification classes will include HAZ Whopper 40, OSHA 10 and OSHA 30, First Aide/CPR, Asbestos, Lead Abatement, Traffic Control, and Confided Spaces. The grant will also fund certifications in EV Charging Installation, Solar Installation, and Building Performance. Key partners in this grant program include Universal Safety & CPR, Net Electric, the Association for Energy Affordability, and RichmondWORKS.
Grant funds will be used to serve the re-entry population, women in non-traditional roles, and community members who lost their jobs through no fault of their own or who may be seeking a career change. This EPA grant was highly competitive and is funded by the Biden Administration’s 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Employment & Training’s RichmondBUILD project was one of only twenty-five grant recipients across the country to receive the award.
This grant was awarded after the City adopted the FY 2022-23 budget; therefore, a resolution amending the budget is necessary for Employment and Training to accept and appropriate these funds.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 - Resolution to Amend Employment & Training Budget, Fiscal Year 2022- 2023
Attachment 2 - Notice of Grant Award, The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA