Post by EJR on Aug 7, 2007 6:19:02 GMT -5
2007 PA Department of Agriculture Farm Safety & Occupational Health Grant Application Period Now Open (through 10/30/2007)!!!
The purpose of the Farm Safety and Occupational Health (FSOH) Grant Program is “to fund projects which will increase the knowledge and awareness of farm safety measures and occupational health issues in Pennsylvania, in particular, among the youth of rural Pennsylvania”. This grant program is authorized by the Pennsylvania Farm Safety and Occupational Health Act (1994), which “provides for the establishment and implementation of farm safety and occupational health programs”.
Unlike most other grant programs available today to emergency services agencies, this grant program is specifically geared towards farm and agricultural safety and rescue education, as opposed to equipment purchases. Successful grants are the ones that demonstrate that the majority of funds will be used towards the training purpose.
This program is not unlike other grant programs in that it requires a comprehensive project narrative; justifiable and predictable outcomes; and “agricultural community effort”. If emergency services organizations take the same approach to this grant application as they do to the Federal Assistance to Fire Fighters Grant program, they should be able to produce a competitive application relatively easily.
An information page on the grant has been created, as well as linked to the grant, at www.agrescue.com. Please feel free to visit the site and download/print the information. There is also a web forum for further Q&A on the grants (please email ejr@rescuetechs.com for registration for the forum if necessary).
Remember that these grant applications are for funds for the FY08-9 period, and the funds will be available AFTER 07/01/2008
The purpose of the Farm Safety and Occupational Health (FSOH) Grant Program is “to fund projects which will increase the knowledge and awareness of farm safety measures and occupational health issues in Pennsylvania, in particular, among the youth of rural Pennsylvania”. This grant program is authorized by the Pennsylvania Farm Safety and Occupational Health Act (1994), which “provides for the establishment and implementation of farm safety and occupational health programs”.
Unlike most other grant programs available today to emergency services agencies, this grant program is specifically geared towards farm and agricultural safety and rescue education, as opposed to equipment purchases. Successful grants are the ones that demonstrate that the majority of funds will be used towards the training purpose.
This program is not unlike other grant programs in that it requires a comprehensive project narrative; justifiable and predictable outcomes; and “agricultural community effort”. If emergency services organizations take the same approach to this grant application as they do to the Federal Assistance to Fire Fighters Grant program, they should be able to produce a competitive application relatively easily.
An information page on the grant has been created, as well as linked to the grant, at www.agrescue.com. Please feel free to visit the site and download/print the information. There is also a web forum for further Q&A on the grants (please email ejr@rescuetechs.com for registration for the forum if necessary).
Remember that these grant applications are for funds for the FY08-9 period, and the funds will be available AFTER 07/01/2008