$12M Available for Employee Safety, Health Training, Education – Funding Opportunity

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN24-01

Issued: July 8, 2024

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announces the availability of $12,700,000 in training grant funds made by its Occupational Safety and Health Administration to support initiatives designed to create safer workplaces and, in turn, advance the department’s Good Jobs efforts.

The grant’s aim is to advance the job quality of the American workforce by providing disadvantaged, underserved, low-income, or other hard-to-reach, at-risk workers with hazard awareness, avoidance, and control training to protect them from on-the-job hazards, and to inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the authority of Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act).

The program and this funding opportunity announcement prioritizes investment and funding to train workers and employers impacted by working in high-hazard industries, industries with high fatality rates, or whose workforce has historically had disadvantaged access to occupational safety and health training, including young workers, temporary, minority, low literacy, limited-English speaking, and other disadvantaged and hard-to-reach workers and worker communities. The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program seeks to increase access to life-saving training by encouraging grantees to provide the training in other languages.

Eligible grant applicants 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.

This funding opportunity does not require cost sharing or matching funds from applicants. Program funding is for a 12-month period beginning no later than September 30, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2025.

The closing date for receipt of applications is July 26, 2024.

For more information about this grant, visit the grants.gov website and reference SHTG-FY-24-02. For a complete description of the funding organization, available funds, eligibility requirements, and links to the grant application, visit Susan Harwood Training Grant Program website.

/s/ KIMBERLEE MEYER, Chief
Central Office Workforce Services Division