Pesticide Education Resources Collaborative (PERC) is seeking applications for Agricultural Community-Based Projects (AgCBP) that will serve farmworkers, agricultural pesticide handlers, their families, and/or their communities by contributing to the safe use of pesticides and/or working safely in areas where pesticides are used.
Donor Name: Pesticide Education Resources Collaborative (PERC)
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The PERC Advisory Board will select up to six projects to be funded by August of 2024, pending amounts requested by successful applicants. Successful applicants will have up to two years to complete their projects (no later than July 31, 2026). Identical projects will not be funded more than once but could be considered if the same project addresses a different target audience or subject matter focus.
Desired Outcomes
- Desired Outcome #1: Educate farmworkers and/or agricultural pesticide handlers on the safe use of pesticides.
- Desired Outcome #2: Enhance the capabilities of partners to develop and implement programs/activities that prevent and reduce pesticide risks to communities of farmworkers and agricultural pesticide handlers.
- Desired Outcome #3: Protect humans, communities, and ecosystems from illness and injury caused by exposure to pesticides.
Funding Information
- Available funds: up to $450,000 in 2024
- Minimum request: $25,000
- Maximum request: $150,000
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants must:
- Be capable of carrying out a local or regional project with focus on a certain subject and a specific group of participants;
- Have experience/expertise related to the health and safety of farmworkers, agricultural pesticide handlers, their families, or communities. An agricultural community might be described by its language, its location, its cropping systems, or other boundaries/definitions. For example, one project might serve Haitian farmworkers near the Gulf Coast, migrant workers that follow a specific “stream” from harvest to harvest, or a group of Russian-speaking vegetable harvesters. Applicants can be national in scope so long as the projects themselves are conducted at the local or regional level;
- Have established relationships/trust with the community to be served;
- And must propose a new project that differs from work already being done by your organization.
For more information, visit PERC.
