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17.502
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
Department of Labor (DoL)
Summary
The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program provides funds for non-profit organizations to develop training materials and train workers and/or employers to recognize, abate, and prevent safety and health hazards in their workplaces and provide related assistance. Applicants are encouraged but not required to develop training materials. The program emphasizes seven areas:
- Training workers and/or employers on identifying and means of preventing serious safety and health hazards identified by OSHA through the DOL's Strategic Plan, as part of an OSHA special emphasis program, or other OSHA priorities.
- Educating workers on their rights and educating employers on their responsibilities under the OSH Act.
- Educating workers and/or employers in small businesses (for purposes of this grant program, a small business is one with 250 or fewer employees).
- Training workers and/or employers about new OSHA standards.
- Training at-risk and/or low-literacy worker populations, including temporary and warehouse workers.
- Providing technical assistance to employers and workers.
- Developing and disseminating materials to train and educate workers.
Two grant categories are being announced under this program.
- Capacity Building Developmental - intended to support and assist organizations who through past activities have established a capability to provide occupational safety and health training, education, materials development, and/or technical assistance. Based on a needs assessment, Applicants are expected to conduct a significant number of training programs addressing occupational safety and health hazards. Additionally, applicants are strongly encouraged to develop educational materials, and to provide technical assistance.
- Each applicant must develop a comprehensive plan for becoming a resource center for safety and health including how they will become financially self-sufficient within the three to four years the organization needs to build this capacity. Based on satisfactory performance and Congressional funding, Capacity Building Developmental grants may be eligible for no more than three additional 12-month follow-on grants.
- Capacity Building Pilot - intended to assist organizations who demonstrate a potential for meeting the objectives of the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, but who need to assess their capabilities, needs and priorities as well as formulate their program objectives before moving forward into developing a full-scale program. Recipients of Capacity Building Pilot grants will be required to initiate limited program operations during the 12-month period. The program operations should be small-scale or pilot projects, used to complement the organization's planning and pilot activities. Upon successful completion of its planning and pilot activities, an organization may apply for a Capacity Building Developmental grant in the next fiscal year cycle the grant opportunities are offered. Capacity Building Pilot grants are not eligible for follow-on grants.
History of Funding
Grantees from FY18 can be found here: https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/FY_2018_Susan_Harwood_Grant_Awardees_Abstracts.pdf
Additional Information
Training materials developed and/or training conducted ideally should serve multiple small business employers with less than 250 employees and workers in one or more of the following target audiences:
- Small businesses (less than 250 employees);
- New businesses;
- Limited English proficiency workers;
- Non-literate and low literacy workers;
- Young workers;
- Temporary workers;
- Minority and other hard-to-reach workers; and
- Workers in high-hazard industries and industries with high fatality rates
Training must be conducted in both a language and vocabulary that the participants can understand. Special consideration will be given to grant proposals that include training materials and training programs for limited English proficiency workers, including Spanish, and Asian American and Pacific Islander languages.
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations, including qualifying labor unions, community- based and faith-based organizations, and employer associations that are not an agency of a state or local government. Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, Indian-controlled organizations serving Indians, and Native Hawaiian organizations are eligible to apply in accordance with Executive Order 13175. Additionally, state or local government supported institutions of higher education are eligible to apply in accordance with OMB 2 CFR 200 and DOL exceptions in 2 CFR 2900.
Deadline Details
The deadline to submit applications is July 20, 2020. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.
Award Details
Approximately $4,500,000 is available in total funding for FY20. Up to 80 awards will be granted. Capacity Building Developmental awards will be up to $180,000 each and will last for 12 months. Capacity Building Pilot awards will be up to $80,000 each and will last for 12 months. Cost sharing/matching is not required.
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