The Department of Labor has made a total of $1 million in funding available for up to four grants to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and harassment against women from underserved and historically marginalized communities.
The department said that workplace violence and harassment disproportionately harms women of color, individuals who identify as LGBTQI+, women with disabilities and women affected by persistent poverty and inequality.
The Fostering Access, Rights and Equity grants are aimed at helping survivors and women at high risk of violence and harassment in the workplace. The FARE grants are administered by the Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau and the Employment and Training Administration.
In 2022, the FARE grant program awarded almost $2 million to six nonprofit organizations that connect women workers to services, benefits and legal assistance.
An applicant may apply for grant funding of $250,000 to $350,000. To be considered, applicants must include strategies to accomplish the following:
- Develop and distribute worker and survivor-centered materials to raise awareness.
- Reduce workplace risks and prevent workplace gender-based violence and harassment.
- Connect working women to services, benefits and legal assistance.
- Encourage working women and survivors to become focal points in their communities and provide ways to expand their effectiveness through train-the-trainer programs, guided conversations, leadership circles or other activities.
Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education, are eligible to apply for FARE grants no later than June 10.
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