Helpful Tips for Improving Your Susan Harwood Grant Application

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Helpful Tips for Improving Your Susan Harwood
Grant Application
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Susan Harwood Solicitation for Grant Applications
(SGA)

• Read the entire Susan Harwood SGA
• Know what is required
• Address a single topic
• Review and understand the evaluation criteria

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Work Plan

• Should be organized and logical
• Cover key aspects
• Personnel
• Materials
• Resources
• Include realistic timelines

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Target Your Audience

• Target one or more of OSHAs emphasis populations
• Serve multiple employers and employees
• Only individuals covered by the OSH Act are
  eligible to receive grant-funded services
• Develop the program at the audiences level

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Recruiting

• Is the recruiting plan feasible?
• Can you show previous experience working with the
  target training audience?
• Do you have support from intended audience?
• Describe your advertising plan
• Describe your Public Relations plan

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Course Content Materials

• Course should address all hazards (e.g.,
  Construction Industry Focus Four hazards)
• How will course content be developed?
• Who will be involved?
• Qualifications of involved personnel?
• Plan for OSHA approval?

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Train-The-Trainer Plans

• Include trainer and trainee plan
• Describe the content of both types of training
• Provide a reporting plan for conducting and
  documenting second-tier training
• Be realistic regarding projections

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Tell Us How?

• Quarterly training projections
• Length of training sessions
• Training locations
• Evaluations

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Budget

• Include detailed project budget backup document
  break out program and administrative costs
• Detailed budget should match the amounts on the
  SF 424A Form
• 25 cap on administrative costs
• Maximum open and free competition for all
  procurements/contracts

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Qualifications

• Organization
• Experience
• Performance
• Staff
• Professional
• Academic
• Specialized experience

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General Guidance

• Be specific, be concise
• Copy and Paste applications for multiple topics
  are not recommended
• Use the application document checklist
• Avoid last minute applications
• Proofread before submitting

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For Further Information Contact

• Kimberly Mason, Program Analyst
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Office of Training and Educational Programs
• HarwoodGrants_at_dol.gov
• 847-759-7700 (This is not a toll-free number)