Federal Block Grant Award Summary

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a division of the U.S. Department of Labor, awarded a $1.344 million block grant to the Illinois Department of Labor's Illinois OSHA Division, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, under the Occupational Safety and Health State Program (CFDA 17.503). This award funds the state plan administration and delivery of comprehensive workplace safety and health programs designed to be at least as effective as the federal OSHA program. The Illinois Department of Labor directly administers all funded services through its state personnel and does not subaward grant funds to other organizations.

The grant supports core occupational safety and health services including enforcement activities, workplace hazard assessments, compliance assistance, and safety training initiatives. The Illinois OSHA Division delivers no-cost, confidential consultation services targeting employers with 250 or fewer employees, conducting full-service and limited-service hazard assessments at high-hazard worksites. Key service deliverables include hazard identification, OSHA standards compliance guidance, safety program development assistance, and workplace inspections and investigations, with performance requirements mandating that at least 90 percent of initial consultation visits occur at high-hazard establishments and timely correction of serious and imminent hazards is verified.