The grant program offers opportunities for nonprofit organizations to compete annually for funding so they may develop and conduct training and educational programs for small business employers and workers.
Donor Name: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $180,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program aims to advance the job quality of the American workforce by providing disadvantaged, underserved, low-income, or other hard-to-reach, at-risk workers hazard awareness, avoidance, and control training to protect them from on-the-jo hazards, and to inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the OSH Act.
The program is designed to support and enable nonprofit organizations to serve in providing this important occupational safety and health training to disadvantaged workers. These nonprofit organizations include qualifying labor unions, community-based, faith-based, grassroots organizations, employer associations, Native American tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, Native Hawaiian organizations, and native-controlled organizations that are not an agency of a state or local government, and public/state-controlled institutions of higher education. The program provides education and training on advancement of workers’ workplace rights and protections against discrimination and reprisal.
The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program seeks applications based on proven strategies to reach the target training populations while also developing innovative solutions to expand access. Grantees agree to participate in the data collection and training impact evaluations described in this funding opportunity announcement.
The Susan Harwood Grant Program awards funds to qualifying organizations who have demonstrated capabilities to achieve the program’s performance expectations outlined in this FOA. This includes experience in becoming subject matter experts, delivering and administering adult training programs, recruiting students, and managing grants. Following the grant awards, OSHA monitors each organization’s progress in achieving their performance goals and training targets.
The program emphasizes seven areas:
- educating workers and/or employers in small businesses
- training workers and/or employers on identifying and 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
- training disadvantaged, underserved, low-income, or other hard-to-reach, at-risk workers and employers;
- training workers and/or employers about new OSHA standards;
- developing and disseminating materials to train and educate workers;
- providing technical assistance to employers and workers; and
- educating workers on their rights and employers on their responsibilities under the OSH Act.
Award Categories
The two grant categories, Capacity Building Development or Capacity Building Pilot, are available under this FOA. They have different requirements and applicants must propose activities specific to the grant category for which they are applying.
- Capacity Building Developmental grants support and assist organizations that have established a capability to provide occupational safety and health training, education, training materials, and/or technical assistance. Applicants will conduct a significant number of trainings that address occupational safety and health hazards. Additionally, applicants are encouraged to develop educational materials and to provide technical assistance. Organizations who have completed a capacity building project funded by a previous grant may not propose a new project on the same subject areas. They have built training capacity and must continue training workers including through affiliate member without the assistance of grant funding.
- Capacity Building Pilot grants allow the applicant time to formulate and test their program objective before committing to a full-scale Capacity Building Developmental training program. The grant is for organizations that demonstrate a potential for meeting the objectives of the Capacity Building Developmental program, but need to assess their organizational capabilities, priorities, and needs. The Capacity Building Pilot allows an organization to complete a needs assessment, pilot training activity, and solidify the organization’s capacity building developmental plans.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $180,000
- Grant awards are for a 12-month performance period beginning no later than September 30, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2023. Capacity Building Developmental grantees are ineligible for a 90-day no-cost extension to their performance period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are restricted to nonprofit organizations and include qualifying labor unions, community-based, faith-based, grassroots organizations, employer associations, Native American tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, Native Hawaiian organizations, and native-controlled organizations that are not an agency of a state or local government, and public/state-controlled institutions of higher education. Organizations that maintain a network of affiliated members are eligible to apply.
- All applicants, other than public/state-controlled institutions of higher education must submit evidence of their nonprofit status. Organizations having a FY 2021 or FY 2022 Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grant, may apply for and receive a FY 2022 Susan Harwood training grant. OSHA allows organizations to receive both grants.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
