WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of
Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today awarded $10,687,000
million through the Susan
Harwood Training Grant Program to 78 nonprofit organizations,
including community- and faith-based groups, employer associations, labor
unions, joint labor-management associations, and colleges and universities. The
program provides grants to fund education and training for workers and
employers to help them recognize workplace safety and health hazards, implement
injury and illness prevention measures, and inform them of their rights and
responsibilities.
The Susan Harwood Training
Grant Program supports safety and health training programs that educate workers
and employers in industries with high injury, illness and fatality rates;
underserved youth; limited English proficiency and other vulnerable workers;
and small businesses. The award categories for fiscal year 2014 grants were:
Targeted Topic Training, including Training and Educational Materials
Development, and Capacity Building Pilot and Capacity Building Developmental,
including one-year follow-on grants to recipients from Fiscal Year 2013.
"The Susan Harwood
Training Program provides thousands of workers and employers with hands-on,
critical health and safety training to reduce occupational injuries," said
U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. "The federal grants awarded today
will provide workers and employers in some of the most dangerous industries with
important tools to identify and eliminate hazards."
Targeted Topic Training
grants, valued at $4,546,147, have been awarded to 39 organizations to support
the development of quality training and materials for addressing workplace
hazards. The Targeted Topic Training grants require that recipients address
occupational safety and health topics designated by OSHA.
Additionally, 14
organizations have been awarded a total of $2,805,085 in Capacity Building
Developmental grants to provide occupational safety and health training,
education, and related assistance to workers and employers. Organizations
selected to receive these grants are expected to create organizational capacity
to provide safety and health training on an ongoing basis.
OSHA also awarded $3,335,768
in one-year follow-on grants to 24 of the current Capacity Building
Developmental grantees from Fiscal Year 2013. These grantees demonstrated their
ability to provide occupational safety and health training, education, and
related assistance to workers and employers in high-hazard industries,
small-business employers and vulnerable workers.
"Since 1978,
approximately 2 million workers have been trained through this program, and it
is one of the most effective ways we have for communicating with vulnerable and
hard-to-reach workers," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels. "The Susan Harwood Training Grant
Program is an essential component of OSHA's efforts to provide workers in
high-risk industries with training about job hazards and their rights, and I am
thrilled to see what our grantees will do."
The training grant program is
named in honor of Susan Harwood, a former director of the Office of Risk
Assessment in OSHA's former Directorate of Health Standards, who passed away in
1996.
For information about the
Fiscal Year 2014 Susan Harwood Training Grant Program recipients, visit
Under the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe
and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA's role is to ensure these
conditions for America's working men and women by setting and enforcing
standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more
information, visit http://www.osha.gov.
Editor's note: A list of grantees, where
they are located, and the amount they received follows this release.
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Funding
|
Alaska Marine Safety Education Association
|
Sitka
|
Alaska
|
$132,371
|
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc.
|
Oakland
|
Calif.
|
$140,000
|
Asian Health Services
|
Oakland
|
Calif.
|
$75,000
|
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc.
|
Oakland
|
Calif.
|
$55,000
|
National Day Laborer Organizing Network
|
Los Angeles
|
Calif.
|
$165,000
|
Port of San Diego Ship Repair
Association
|
San Diego
|
Calif.
|
$101,614
|
Regents of the
University of California - Los Angeles
|
Los Angeles
|
Calif.
|
$164,986
|
State Building & Construction Trades
Council of California
|
Sacramento
|
Calif.
|
$175,750
|
Pueblo Community College
|
Pueblo
|
Colo.
|
$59,354
|
Red Rocks Community College
|
Lakewood
|
Colo.
|
$139,148
|
American Federation of Teachers Educational
Foundation
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
|
$133,674
|
American Road &
Transportation Builders Association –
Transportation Development Foundation
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
|
$166,250
|
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
|
$177,000
|
Farmworker Justice Fund Inc.
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
|
$165,000
|
Roofers
and Waterproofers Research and Education Joint Trust
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
|
$47,700
|
SEIU Education and Support Fund
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
|
$133,674
|
The United Food and Commercial Workers
International Union
|
Washington
|
District of Columbia
|
$133,073
|
Farmworker Association of
Florida Inc.
|
Apopka
|
Fla.
|
$122,915
|
Florida State College at Jacksonville
|
Jacksonville
|
Fla.
|
$171,000
|
Miami Dade College Kendall Campus
|
Miami
|
Fla.
|
$161,176
|
Lake-Sumter State College
|
Leesburg
|
Fla.
|
$103,964
|
The Sustainable Workplace Alliance
Inc.
|
Bartow
|
Fla.
|
$114,095
|
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp.
|
Atlanta
|
Ga.
|
$139,958
|
University of Georgia
|
Athens
|
Ga.
|
$74,127
|
AgriSafe Network Inc.
|
Spencer
|
Iowa
|
$171,000
|
Western Iowa Tech Community College
|
Sioux City
|
Iowa
|
$137,394
|
Latino Worker Resource Center
|
Hillside
|
Ill.
|
$136,300
|
Interfaith Worker Justice
|
Chicago
|
Ill.
|
$162,000
|
National Roofing Contractors Association
|
Rosemont
|
Ill.
|
$137,000
|
Non-Ferrous Founders' Society
|
Park Ridge
|
Ill.
|
$50,000
|
University of Illinois, Board of
Trustees
|
Champaign-Urbana
|
Ill.
|
$165,000
|
Waubonsee Community College
|
Sugar Grove
|
Ill.
|
$119,505
|
Construction Advancement Foundation of
Northwest Indiana Inc.
|
Portage
|
Ind.
|
$154,124
|
Purdue University
|
West Lafayette
|
Ind.
|
$179,019
|
Sunflower Community Action Inc.
|
Wichita
|
Kan.
|
$80,000
|
University of Southern Maine
|
Portland
|
Maine
|
$131,704
|
Casa de Maryland Inc.
|
Hyattsville
|
Md.
|
$165,000
|
Brazilian Immigrant Center Inc.
|
Allston
|
Mass.
|
$99,875
|
Massachusetts Coalition for
Occupational Safety and Health
|
Dorchester
|
Mass.
|
$139,138
|
National Council for Occupational
Safety and Health
|
Longmeadow
|
Mass.
|
$650,000
|
University of Massachusetts Lowell
|
Lowell
|
Mass.
|
$156,750
|
Michigan State University
|
East Lansing
|
Mich.
|
$138,242
|
Wayne State University
|
Detroit
|
Mich.
|
$139,995
|
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in
the Public Interest
|
Lincoln
|
Neb.
|
$76,000
|
Western Nebraska Community College
|
Scottsbluff
|
Neb.
|
$49,946
|
Tree Care Industry Association Inc.
|
Londonderry
|
N.H.
|
$139,528
|
Education & Training Institute Inc.
|
New Brunswick
|
N.J.
|
$164,980
|
El Comité de Apoyo a Los
Trabajadores Agrícolas
|
Glassboro
|
N.J.
|
$53,810
|
New Jersey State AFL-CIO Community Services Agency
|
Trenton
|
N.J.
|
$164,160
|
Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey
|
New Brunswick
|
N.J.
|
$171,000
|
Rutgers School of Public Health
|
Piscataway
|
N.J.
|
$140,000
|
New Jersey Work Environment Council
|
Ewing
|
N.J.
|
$165,000
|
New Mexico Direct Caregivers Coalition
|
Placitas
|
N.M.
|
$139,998
|
Make the Road New York
|
Brooklyn
|
N.Y.
|
$159,600
|
MinKwon Center for Community Action Inc.
|
Flushing
|
N.Y.
|
$100,000
|
Mohawk Valley Community College
|
Utica
|
N.Y.
|
$139,870
|
Worker Justice Center of New York Inc.
|
Rochester
|
N.Y.
|
$121,389
|
North Carolina State University
|
Raleigh
|
N.C.
|
$50,000
|
Telamon Corp.
|
Raleigh
|
N.C.
|
$121,125
|
Oklahoma State University
|
Stillwater
|
Okla.
|
$160,740
|
Philadelphia Area Project on
Occupational Safety and Health
|
Philadelphia
|
Pa.
|
$130,133
|
District 1199C Training &
Upgrading Fund
|
Philadelphia
|
Pa.
|
$140,000
|
University of Puerto Rico Medical
Sciences Campus
|
San Juan
|
Puerto Rico
|
$139,960
|
The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston
|
Houston
|
Texas
|
$140,000
|
The University of Texas at El Paso
|
El Paso
|
Texas
|
$139,960
|
University of Texas at Arlington
|
Arlington
|
Texas
|
$139,917
|
Compacion Foundation Inc.
|
Balch Springs
|
Texas
|
$139,823
|
Texas A&M Engineering Extension
Service (TEEX)
|
College Station
|
Texas
|
$50,000
|
Workers Defense Project Inc.
|
Austin
|
Texas
|
$134,900
|
Legal Aid Justice Center
|
Charlottesville
|
Va.
|
$138,560
|
The Associated General Contractors of
America
|
Arlington
|
Va.
|
$135,000
|
Boat People SOS Inc.
|
Falls Church
|
Va.
|
$166,250
|
Timber Products
Manufacturers Inc.
|
Spokane
|
Wash.
|
$137,000
|
Casa Latina
|
Seattle
|
Wash.
|
$144,000
|
Voces de la Frontera
|
Milwaukee
|
Wis.
|
$140,000
|
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
|
River Falls
|
Wis.
|
$112,506
|
Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated
Employment Program Inc.
|
Ashland
|
Wis.
|
$112,970
|
West Virginia University Research
Corp.
|
Morgantown
|
W.Va.
|
$165,000
|
|
Total = $10,687,000
|
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