Overview
Nine WTP award recipients received Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 supplemental funding to deliver health and safety training to U.S. populations impacted by major disasters declared in 2022.
Award recipients use targeted strategies to reach and train workers, day laborers, and volunteers in disaster-impacted areas.
The following organizations received this supplemental funding:
- Atlantic Center for Occupational Health and Safety Training
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities Consortium
- International Association of Fire Fighters
- International Chemical Workers Union Council Center for Worker Health and Safety Education
- Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training
- National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education – PathStone Corporation
- Sustainable Workplace Alliance
- The New England Consortium
- Western Region Universities Consortium
GIS Dashboard
The GIS online dashboard can be accessed by clicking on the image below. It visualizes the locations of each award recipient organization and where they conduct training. It also provides the background of award recipient organizations, trainings they provide, and the estimated number of trainees and man hours reached using this supplemental funding.
WTP Resources
- WTP Hurricanes and Floods Training Tools
- WTP Wildfire Training Tool
- Extreme Heat & Weather Resilience webpage
- WTP Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program
Award Recipient and Partner Resources
- Sustainable Workplace Alliance
- National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Meetings
Region 2 Briefing - January 25, 2024
Agenda(944KB)
Presentations:
- Promoting Health, Safety, and Recovery Training Following Declared Disasters in 2022(415KB)
- Mitchel A. Rosen, Atlantic Center for Occupational Safety and Health Training
- Disaster Supplements Meeting(2.4MB)
- Eulando Piñero, Sustainable Workplace Alliance
- Maria Ortiz, Partnership for Environmental Technology Education/PathStone
- Overview of USW Partnership and Disaster Recovery Training in Puerto Rico(961KB)
- Ashlee Fitch, The Steelworkers Charitable and Educational Organization, United Steelworkers
Regions 4 and 6 Briefing - March 12, 2024
Agenda(984KB)
Presentations:
- Long Term Recovery(779KB)
- Cassandra Campbell, Robeson County Disaster Recovery Coalition, Inc.
- Compliance Assistance Specialists & Hurricane Recovery and Response(1.8MB)
- Yvis Torres-Gilot, Region 4 OSHA Compliance Assistance Specialist, Jacksonville, Florida
Regions 8, 9, and 10 Briefing - March 25, 2024
Agenda(968KB)
Presentations:
- Federal, State, and County Assistance in Disaster Training Can Be Beneficial(965KB)
- SeaRay Beltran, PIRM Group International, LLC/Sub-award recipient of Sustainable Workplace Alliance
- IAFF HAZMAT Tech(3.2MB)
- Jim Thompson, International Association of Fire Fighters
Region 1 Briefing - November 7, 2024
Agenda(847KB)
Presentations:
- Disaster Preparedness Training(1.2MB)
- Thomas Estabrook, Ph.D., The New England Consortium-Civil Service Employees Association
-
Lowell Community Health Center in Collaboration with TNEC (The New England Consortium), hosted “Community Workforce Development Series”(679KB)
- Stacey Thompson, Lowell Community Health Center
Federal Links and Documents
U.S. Department of Labor
- How to File a Whistleblower Complaint
- Retaliation
- Process for Requesting a Statement of US DOL Interest During Labor Disputes
- Worker Rights