The Fishing Partnership Health Plan Corporation

The Fishing Partnership Health Plan Corporation, doing business as Fishing Partnership Health Plan, is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants for occupational safety and health training programs serving the commercial fishing industry. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its entire federal footprint consists of project grants and cooperative agreements from health and maritime agencies funding fishing vessel safety, first aid, and workforce development training.

Fishing Partnership Health Plan operates exclusively under federal grant programs, not contract procurement. The organization serves three distinct federal customers, all concentrated in health and maritime agencies: the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NIOSH), which accounts for ten awards; the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, with three awards; and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with one award. These ten NIOSH awards and one NOAA award represent 100% of the organization's named federal funding relationships in the source data. The organization is a prime recipient in 93% of its awards, with one sub-award appearing on an Oregon State University cooperative agreement for fisherman first aid and safety training expansion.

Fishing Partnership Health Plan's recent grant activity demonstrates concentration in occupational safety training under CFDA 93.262 (Occupational Safety and Health Program). The organization currently holds two active NIOSH project grants, each worth $731,250, awarded on September 1, 2026, and running through August 31, 2029, respectively: one funds fishing vessel stability and first aid training for East Coast fishermen, and the second supports peer-led safety training in commercial fishing communities under the title "Fishing Community Improving Safety at Sea Through Peer Support." A third NIOSH project grant, "Fighting the Opioid Epidemic by Training Fishermen as First Responders," runs from September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2029. Fishing Partnership Health Plan also holds a NOAA Sea Grant Support cooperative agreement (CFDA 11.417) valued at $500,000, running from August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2025, that establishes a regional, collaborative training framework for young fishermen entering the industry across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, moving trainees from new-entrant through captain certification stages. Combined obligated federal dollars across all awards total $13.3 million. Award frequency has been sparse and irregular — one award in 2022, two in 2023, one in 2024, and two in 2026 — reflecting the episodic nature of research and training grant cycles rather than steady procurement volume.