Capacity Building

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 with hazard awareness, avoidance, and control training. The program prioritizes investment and funding to train workers and employers impacted by working in high-hazard industries. Key aspects of the program include: • Providing training and educational programs for small business employers and workers • Reaching target training populations and developing innovative solutions to expand access • Agreeing to participate in data collection and training impact evaluations • Managing grants and achieving performance goals and training targets • Conducting a needs assessment, developing marketing and recruitment plans, and delivering one small training session to test the effectiveness of curriculum and teaching methods