PRIA 5: Farm Worker and Health Care Provider Training and Education Grants

Grants are awarded to support education, outreach, training, and technical assistance to farm workers on how to prevent or mitigate pesticide-related illness and injury; to health care providers on recognizing and treating pesticide-related illness and injury; and to organizations to give technical assistance to grant recipients or applicants of such grants. Measures may include an increase in awareness of how to minimize, prevent, or mitigate occupational exposure to pesticides, and treat pesticide-related illness and injury; the number of and/or reach of projects on the safe use of pesticides by agricultural pesticide handlers; and awareness and reach of technical assistance to the public on information about pesticides, their uses, risks, and reporting exposures. In FY 2026, priorities will continue to include: training and educating farm workers with respect to farm workers' rights relating to pesticide safety and on the agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) regulation at 40 CFR part 170; developing new informational materials, training modules, and innovative delivery methods for both; developing informational materials and providing technical assistance and training to health care providers on the recognition, treatment, and management of pesticide-related injuries and illnesses.