by Jbs082810 c3 — August 30, 2010—The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced funding for cooperative agreements with 23 states for occupational injury and illness surveillance. The awards include renewals for 14 previously funded state programs, and new awards to nine additional state programs.
The competitive awards total $6.5 million per year for five years, and will fund occupational injury and illness surveillance programs in the 23 states for a five-year total of $32.5 million.
The nine states that received new competitive awards are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and North Carolina. The 14 states that successfully competed for renewals are California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.
“State-based health surveillance provides critical information for tracking the incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses, identifying trends, understanding risk factors, and recognizing new and emerging problems,” said NIOSH Director John Howard, M.D. “We are pleased that we were able to increase competitive funding for Fiscal 2010 by 25 percent, and to increase the number of states with which we have agreements.”
