Description
The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program is a funding opportunity for eligible organizations to develop and conduct training and educational programs for small business employers and workers. The program aims to provide occupational safety and health training to workers and employers, focusing on workplace hazard recognition, abatement, and prevention. The grant program restricts organizations to one grant award per fiscal year, and applicants must propose developing new training materials addressing one of the OSHA-specified training topics. The training materials must be relevant to filling an unmet training need and beneficial to a wide range of trainers and trainees. The grant program also requires applicants to validate the new materials by conducting one instructor-led classroom training.
Some key points to consider:
• The grant program supports the development and presentation of occupational safety and health training for eligible workers and employers covered under the OSH Act of 1970.
• Eligible trainees include unemployed workers planning to re-enter the workforce in a similar position within three months of the training.
• Ineligible trainees include the applicant’s staff/employees, individuals trained at conferences or seminars, and state and local government employees with occupational safety and health protection under an OSHA-approved State Plan.
• Grantees must adhere to all copyright laws and provide a written certification that materials are free from copyright infringements.
• The application must outline an estimated timeline for developing, evaluating, validating, and producing the training and educational materials.