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land reuse training as a means to increase skills and capabilities among the current and future environmental health work- force. Moreover, we realized that it could be equally important to promote this training to community members. Community mem- bers oer valuable expertise about their communities and demonstrate leadership skills that can build capacity to negotiate and communicate with diverse redevelop- ment partners, which could lead to funding and additional resources to address envi- ronmental concerns. Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a series of three that describe the development, launch, and evaluation of the EHLR Certificate Training content. ATSDR and NEHA collabor- atively developed the EHLR Certificate Train- ing program. The training program consists of 1) the EHLR Basic Training, which is a 5-mod- ule short course and 2) the EHLR Immersion Training, which is an expansion of the first three modules of EHLR Basic. This first article described the develop- ment and delivery of the EHLR Basic Train- ing and the pilot of the EHLR Immersion Training. The second article will describe the evaluation of EHLR Basic content, focusing on training eectiveness, training modalities, and participant feedback. The third article will describe the evaluation of participant feedback from the EHLR Basic Training up to 12 months post-training. Disclaimer: The findings in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent any agency determination, policy, or ocial position of ATSDR or the organiza- tions of the authors. Corresponding Author: Laurel Berman, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 433, ATSD-4J, Chicago, IL 60604. Email: laberman@cdc.gov.

Photo 1. Students of the Diné College Summer Intern Program participate in a SoilSHOP (Soil Screening, Health Outreach, and Partnerships) event oered by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR, 2022b). Photo courtesy of ATSDR.

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References

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (2019). ATSDR Action Model . https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/brownfields/model. html

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (2020). Brown- fields & Reuse Opportunity Working Network (BROWN) . https:// www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/brownfields/stakeholders.html

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