Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification

Brad Rein
202.455.5442
brein@usda.gov

Lelan Dixon
202.374.9776
lelan.d.dixon@usda.gov

The Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification program provides grants to Cooperative Extension Services to support national efforts for delivering timely, pertinent, and appropriate farm safety education to youth seeking employment or who are already employed in agricultural production.

One grant in each of the following project types will be awarded:

1. National clearinghouse:
   Maintain and market a national clearinghouse of curricula and resources that serves educators, employers, and parents looking for agricultural health and safety resources
2. Instructor training:
   Support recruitment, training, and evaluation of youth farm safety instructors in currently available youth farm safety curricula.
3. Youth training:
   Develop, enhance, implement, and evaluate youth farm safety curricula

Priority consideration will be given to proposals with partnerships across multiple institutions and multiple states.

Applications may be submitted only by Cooperative Extension Services at Land Grant Colleges and Universities (1862 and 1890), including the University of the District of Columbia, Tuskegee University, West Virginia State University, and Central State University.

3 awards will be given nationwide.

Award ceiling: $100,000 per year
Project period: 4 years
Expected number of awards: 3

Links to the full announcement and online application process are available through grants.gov. The application instructions will be found on the related documents tab.