Brownfields Job Training Best Practices Guide

The Brownfields Job Training Best Practices Guide (pdf) (2.37 MB, May 2025) presents guidance and strategies that are used by successful Brownfields Job Training grantees to develop sustainable programs. Establishing partnerships; conducting accurate community and labor market assessments; leveraging additional support; and implementing effective curriculum and student recruitment, retention, placement, and tracking strategies are just a few of the many essential activities that job training program developers must address to ensure long-term program success and positive impact.

Due to the structure of Brownfields Job Training grants, it is critical that recipients develop efficient, leveraged programs with the dual objectives of maximizing participant placement and becoming a sustainable workforce development program.

The Best Practices Guide is organized into the following sections:

1. Introduction
2. Community and Labor Market Assessments
3. Building Partnerships
4. Leveraging Additional Support
5. Student Recruitment, Screening, and Retention  
6. Developing a Curriculum
7. Student Placement and Tracking
8. Program Sustainability