Green Industry Development

Together with our union, community service and governmental partners, CWE has created CWE GREE&EN. This citywide Green workforce development initiative for worker preparation, training and employment as well as business support and development in the emerging green sectors.

Recent Workforce Development Initiatives

Pathways Out of Poverty-Center for Environmental Workforce Development
The Consortium for Worker Education, along with service partners SoBRO, Sustainable South Bronx, the Osborne Association, the Association for Energy Affordability and Nontraditional Employment for Women, is implementing the $4 million Green Jobs "Pathways Out of Poverty" grant. Funded by US Department of Labor the grant is establishing the Center for Environmental Workforce Training (CEWT) to recruit, train and identify employment opportunities for Bronx residents in city-wide emerging Green industries and transitioning sectors.
This initiative, supported by the Bronx Borough President's office through the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC), will also help local Green businesses flourish by providing support and development services for businesses involved in clean energy provision, energy saving retrofitting, pro-environmental manufacturing, materials recycling, materials re-use, and de-construction. The Bronx Green Business Network (BGBN) has been created to link program workforce training efforts to business and employer training and hiring needs. This unique business network serves a vital role in identifying job opportunities for the wide spectrum of workers prepared through the Center's constellation of comprehensive workforce development service organizations. BGBN is actively expanding its membership to interested NYC area Green-related businesses and employers.
The project is funded through January, 2012.

How to get involved:
For Applicants

Under funding requirements, training and placement services are provided only to residents in target Bronx zip codes. To find out if you are eligible, please call:

The Center for Environmental for Workforce Training Office
105 Bruckner Blvd. Bronx, New York 10454
(718) 292-1868, ext. 5005 or 5001

For other training and placement opportunities citywide, please visit www.jobstobuildon.org.

For Project information and Collaboration Opportunities
Please call Rebecca Lurie or Beverley O'Donnell at CWE, 212 647-1900.
Or email to rlurie@cwe.org ; bodonnell@cwe.org.

For BGBN Information and Business Services
Please call Michael Frey at CWE, 212 647-1900.
Or email to mfrey@cwe.org.

Associated programs and partners
Association for Energy Affordability - www.aeanyc.org
Bronx Green Jobs Roundtable - bronxgreenjobs.org/
Non traditional Employment for Women - www.new-nyc.org
The Osborne Association - www.osborneny.org
SoBRO - sobro.org
Sustainable South Bronx - www.ssbx.org

Emerging and Transitional Worker Training Programs
In late 2009, CWE was awarded two regional grants by the NYS Department of Labor to serve unemployed workers in the Bronx and Brooklyn. These grants have encompassed training and job placement for a range of local growth sectors with a focus in green jobs. Partner organizations include The Osborne Association, SoBRO, Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (BWI), The Hope Program, Association for Energy Affordability (AEA), and Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW). In addition to training services, participants receive wrap-around employability preparation and support services construction-related skills preparation through CWE's Sustainable Mechanical and Retrofitting Technologies (SMaRT) curriculum. Program successes include unsubsidized employment, registration in state certified apprenticeships; attainment of GEDs, National Work Readiness Certifications, occupational and professional certifications; and referrals to post secondary higher education.
The grants are operational through March, 2011