Pesticide Safety Program for Agricultural Workers and Farmworker Children; Request for Applications (RFA)

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	Federal Grant Title:	Pesticide Safety Program for Agricultural Workers and Farmworker Children; Request for Applications (RFA)
	CFDA Number:	66.716
	CFDA Description:	Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Training Demonstrations and Educational Outreach
	Federal Agency Name:	Environmental Protection Agency
	Category of Funding Activity:	Environment
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	EPA-OPP-2010-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement Grant
	Posted Date:	Feb 18, 2010
	Creation Date:	Feb 18, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 05, 2010 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 05, 2010 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
	Archive Date:	May 05, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,950,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Private institutions of higher education - Individuals - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: See Section III of the anouncement for additional eligibility information.
Grant Description: EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is soliciting proposals from eligible parties for an EPA cooperative agreement to provide financial assistance to an eligible organization for an education and training pesticide safety program aimed at reducing exposure to pesticides for agricultural workers, their families and the agricultural community. The grantee will conduct a national train-the-trainer program to educate Farmworkers about how to reduce risks from pesticides. As part of this program, the grantee will also train pesticide safety educators who will work with farmworker service organizations, growers and other members of the agricultural community in key rural areas with high pesticide use and large numbers of farmworkers to conduct interactive pesticide safety programs for agricultural workers and their families. The grantee may utilize existing worker protection and children protection pesticide safety training materials or may develop new and/or improved materials to address pesticide safety issues for farmworkers and farmworker children. Written materials need to be targeted at the low literacy, predominately Spanish speaking agricultural worker population. This will be a five year cooperative agreement, with an estimated total of $1,950,000. Approximately, $350,000 is expected to be available in FY 2010. At the conclusion of the first year, incremental funding of approximately $400,000 may be made available, depending on the Agency's budget in outlying years.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/grants/proposals/2010-pest-safety-program-for-agricultural.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Carol Parker, 703-305-6458.

Carol Parker [parker.carol@epa.gov]
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