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INFORMATION DATE 19910617
DESCRIPTION USDOL Program Highlights, New Directions
SUBJECT New Directions
ABSTRACT New Directions is a national training program, funded
by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA), which has been awarding grants to nonprofit
organizations since 1978. These grants provide "seed
money" to assist recipient organizations in developing
programs to educate employees and employers about
workplace hazards and their abatement.
U.S. Department of Labor
Program Highlights
Fact Sheet No. OSHA 89-21
NEW DIRECTIONS
New Directions is a national training program, funded by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which has been
awarding grants to nonprofit organizations since 1978. These grants
provide "seed money" to assist recipient organizations in developing
programs to educate employees and employers about workplace hazards and
their abatement.
The goals of the New Directions program are:
o Institutional Competency. To develop the recipient
organization's capability to provide training, education and
related services in hazard recognition and abatement.
o Self-sufficiency. To develop the ability of the recipient
organization to continue providing a range of workplace safety
and health educational services once the OSHA grants are over.
o Abatement of hazards. To promote, through training and
education, organizational and operational changes in the
workplace to achieve improved safety and health conditions.
New Directions grants have been awarded to labor organizations,
educational institutions and other nonprofit organizations. The most
recent awards to new grantees limited eligibility to the first two groups.
Organizations awarded grants use funds to hire staff, develop the
professional expertise of staff, develop educational programs, conduct
training, and provide individual assistance to firms and employees to
help them understand safety and health hazards and steps to eliminate
or control these hazards.
Grants are awarded annually with renewal possible for up to five
years. Annual grants are generally modest, with the grant recipients
being expected to contribute some of their own funds to projects. Each
year the recipient is expected to increase its share of funding as OSHA
decreases its awards.
Results stemming from New Directions grants so far include:
o More than 650,000 people trained in workplace hazard recognition
and control.
o Development of occupational safety and health educational
materials specifically directed towards the needs of employees
and employers.
o Increased cooperation by labor unions and their locals with
management to establish joint labor-management safety and
health committees.
o Inclusion by employer associations of safety and health as part
of their regular program offerings for member firms.
o An increased awareness by rank-and-file union members of safety
and health issues to the point where they are willing to pay
additional dues to support full-time safety and health staff
within their union.
o Provisions by the insurance industry of financial support for
programs in recognition of their effectiveness in reducing
workplace injuries and illnesses.
o Development at universities of core occupational safety and
health curricula and expertise where none existed before.
o Organizations with nationally recognized areas of expertise
which can be called upon for assistance in these areas by OSHA,
the National Safety Council, and professional organizations.
New Directions grant programs can provide services to other
interested organizations and individuals. Grantee organizations have:
o Access to persons who can conduct training in specific safety
and health topics.
o Strategies for educational approaches which are successful with
specific populations and/or in the abatement of specific
hazards.
o Course outlines and educational materials, including
audiovisuals and student handouts, on a wide range of
occupational safety and health subjects.
o Information and educational programs addressing occupational
hazards, such as heat stress, which are not specifically
covered by the OSHA standards.
For more information, call the nearest OSHA Regional Office
listed under "U.S. Labor Department" in the government section of the
telephone directory for Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco, and Seattle; or
contact the OSHA Office of Training and Education, 1555 Times Dr.,
Des Plaines, IL 60018, telephone ((312) 297-4810).
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This is one of a series of fact sheets highlighting U.S. Department of
Labor programs. It is intended as a general description only and does
not carry the force of legal opinion.