The U.S. Department of Labor announced funding opportunities for more than $21 million in Occupational Safety and Health Administration training grants for nonprofit organizations, according to a news release.
Applicants must develop training that focuses on specific program emphasis areas in order to be eligible for these grants. According to the release, these areas are:
- Identifying and preventing workplace-related infectious diseases, including the coronavirus, in industries with high illness rates, those employing frontline workers or those serving susceptible populations.
- OSHA standards that address infectious diseases, including coronavirus.
- Workplace hazards identified in OSHA special emphasis programs or other priorities associated with infectious diseases, including the coronavirus.
Applications must be submitted at
www.grants.gov no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 19, 2021.