Farmworker Training and Education Program for Pesticide Safety
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- EPA-OCSPP-OPP-2024-006
- Applications due
- Award size
- $2,500,000 to $3,800,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Environment
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals for cooperative agreements to improve farmworker communities' understanding of the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), agricultural pesticide safety, and related rights. The funding opportunity offers two types of cooperative agreements: Type 1 will provide national-level training for farmworkers and pesticide handlers on the required EPA-approved WPS trainings, while Type 2 will fund a subaward program for local and regional projects on agricultural pesticide safety topics that supplement the WPS requirements. The cooperative agreements aim to make the training and materials more culturally appropriate to increase their effectiveness. Proposals are due by December 19, 2024, and awards are anticipated in March 2025, with funding starting in June 2025.
The EPA plans to award up to $6.3 million total over a 5-year period, with approximately $600,000 expected in the first year. The Type 1 agreement is expected to be up to $2.5 million, while the Type 2 agreement is up to $3.8 million. The funding opportunity is authorized under the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) of 2022.
Synopsis
The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is soliciting proposals to fund cooperative agreements to improve farmworker communities' understanding of the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), agricultural pesticide safety, and related rights through training, the development of trainings and materials, and outreach. The cooperative agreements will involve farmworker communities and organizations. This involvement will make training and materials more culturally appropriate, which aims to increase their effectiveness. Under the NOFO, two different types of cooperative agreements are offered:
- The Type 1 agreement will train farmworker communities nationally (across rural areas in many states and territories). It will focus on the required, EPA approved WPS trainings for workers and handlers.
- The Type 2 agreement is for a subaward program. The grant recipient will distribute funds to other organizations for education and outreach projects with farmworker communities. Projects will focus on topics in agricultural pesticide safety that supplement or reinforce the WPS requirements. They will be local and regional (relating to a particular area or part of the country).
For further details, please see the funding opportunity.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Espanol_EPA-OCSPP-OPP-2024-006.pdf | ||
| EPA-OCSPP-OPP-2024-006.pdf |
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