09/20/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/20/2021 13:18
Administered jointly by the department's Women's Bureauand Employment and Training Administration, the Fostering Access Rights and Equitygrants support education; guidance on obtaining and calculating benefits; referrals to additional services, benefits and/or legal assistance. Grants also help recipients enable women to become focal points for rights, benefits and assistance in their own communities.
"As our nation continues its recovery, we must include targeted programming for women workers who are affected by the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately," said U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie A. Su. "Fostering Access, Rights and Equity grants fund vital partnerships to help inform women about their rights and benefits and ensure that women workers share in the prosperity of the nation's economic recovery."
"The Women's Bureau is determined to overcome the systemic discrimination, racism and gender inequality that women have historically faced," said Women's Bureau Director Wendy Chun-Hoon. "The grants we've awarded today support organizations working on behalf of women who are paid low wages at work, and otherwise marginalized or underserved to ensure their rights to employment are protected and that they have access to all of the benefits available to them."
2021 FARE grant recipients are as follows:
Recipient |
Amount |
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment |
$350,000 |
Government of Guam, Department of Administration, Bureau of Women's Affairs |
$254,358 |
Illinois Department of Labor |
$350,000 |
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity |
$350,000 |
New York Department of Labor |
$350,000 |
Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission |
$350,000 |
Learn more about Fostering Access Rights and Equity grants, and this year's recipients.