Recent Grants

The Bureau of Workers' Compensation's (BWC) School Safety and Security Grant (SSSG) Program provides assistance to Ohio employers with ensuring the safety of their staff who instruct children throughout the state.

The program is available to eligible Ohio employers who wish to purchase equipment to substantially improve the safety and security of facilities, and to reduce or eliminate injuries or illnesses associated with providing educational services to children.

Allowable expenses include:

• Employee safety interventions.
  • Flooring/Floor coatings designed to reduce slip hazards.
  • Lightweight lunch tables that reduce lifting and handling hazards.
  • Motorized bleacher systems.
  • Safe food fryers.
  • Cutting/slicing equipment.
  • Floor cleaning machines.
• Incident response equipment.
  • Equipment bags/backpacks stocked with trauma first aid supplies.
  • Two-way communication devices and software designed to directly interface with emergency responder radio systems.
  • School-wide panic alarm/panic button system.
• Building/grounds/transportation security.
  • Interior and exterior security doors and mechanisms (e.g., panic bars or other fire code compliant door locking mechanisms, bullet proof glass, bullet resistant coating materials for existing glass).
  • Protective vehicle crash barriers in front of entrances.
  • Modifications of building/facility entrances to restrict access.
  • Secured keycard systems.
  • Metal detectors (fixed or portable).
  • Security cameras.
  • Emergency (police dispatch) call poles.