Safety and Health grants are awarded for new ideas that encourage workplace safety and health and prevent injuries and occupational illness.
Proposals for this grant period should focus on occupational safety and health issues related to:
SHIP funds may not be used for:
(a) Lobbying or political activities;
(b) Supporting, opposing, or developing legislative or regulatory initiatives;
(c) Any activity not designed to reduce workplace injuries, illnesses, or fatalities; or
(d) Reimbursing employers for the normal costs of complying with safety and health rules.
Awards may be granted to any agency, firm, organization, individual or other legal entity such as, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Trade associations;
(b) Business associations;
(c) Employers (including but not limited to private, public, nonprofit, or self-insured employers if collaborating with medical aid fund employers);
(d) Employees;
(e) Labor unions;
(f) Employee organizations;
(g) Joint labor and management groups;
(h) Educational institutions in collaboration with state fund employer and employee representatives;
(i) Others deemed appropriate by L&I.