# Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training

> **NIH NIH U45** · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · 2021 · $1,914,789

## Abstract

PROGRAM SUMMARY/ABSTRACT (HWWTP Component)
 The 13 training centers that comprise the Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training
(MWC) Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP) provide model training to workers and residents
who may be exposed to hazardous substances. The centers deliver training using 40 course curricula
developed and maintained by the MWC. In the last four years, the MWC HWWTP has provided 4,791
programs to 75,354 trainees for 521,407 contact hours using adult-based, action-oriented, results-centered
programming. The goal of the MWC HWWTP is to protect and improve the health and safety of workers and
community members throughout the region it serves. The objective of the program is to increase skills and
knowledge of the workers and residents who may be exposed to known and newly recognized potentially
hazardous materials during regular work activities or environmental cleanup by facilitating interactive, hands-on
training. The specific aims for the MWC HWWTP for the next five years are to continue to develop training
innovations and integrate them into new and existing programs, implement new model training programs
related to opioids and worker health, and strengthen and extend existing, locally-relevant resilience projects
created at each training center. Achieving these aims will be enabled by overall MWC activities including
facilitating the development of model training curricula, providing resources for centers to form partnerships
with trainees from underserved populations, and ensuring continual evaluation and improvement of the delivery
of the MWC's worker and community training. During the 2020-21 program year, the MWC HWWTP
component will collectively deliver 929 programs to 15,885 trainees during 135,953 contact hours. For the full
five year period, MWC training centers will provide 4,864 HWWTP programs to 82,009 trainees during 703,571
contact hours.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10237406
- **Project number:** 5U45ES006184-30
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
- **Principal Investigator:** Peter C. Raynor
- **Activity code:** U45 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1,914,789
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1992-09-01 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10237406

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10237406, Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training (5U45ES006184-30). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10237406. Licensed CC0.

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