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The Fostering Access, Rights and Equity (FARE) grant program began in 2021 to help marginalized and underserved women workers learn about and access their employment rights and benefits. Since 2023, it has focused on addressing gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work.

The 2024 FARE grant program recipients will undertake projects to assist marginalized and underserved women workers who have been impacted by gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the world of work by building awareness, connecting women to federal and state workplace rights and benefits, and implementing worker and survivor-driven strategies to shift workplace norms.

Read the news release, frequently asked questions and 2024 funding opportunity announcement, which outlines the program priorities and evaluation factors.

Past Recipients

In 2023, the FARE grant program awarded $1,521,324 to five community-based organizations that undertook projects to assist marginalized and underserved women workers who have been impacted by gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the world of work.

  1. Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc.
  2. Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  3. Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health
  4. Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) United, Inc.
  5. The SAFE Alliance

2023 FARE grant recipients provide the following support:

  • The grant program provides funding to community-based organizations to undertake projects to assist marginalized and underserved women workers who have been impacted by gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the world of work, specifically by:
  • Building awareness through the dissemination of information and educational materials that are worker and survivor-centered;
  • Implementing women worker and survivor-driven strategies that mitigate workplace risks and prevent workplace GBVH;
  • Connecting women workers to services, benefits and/or legal assistance as needed, reasonable and/or available; and
  • Facilitating and encouraging women workers and survivors to become focal points in their own communities through

Read the 2023 news release, frequently asked questions, and funding opportunity announcement which outlines the program priorities and evaluation factors.

In 2022, the FARE grant program awarded $1,991,705 to six non-profit organizations that connect women workers to services, benefits and legal assistance.

  1. Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
  2. Gang Alternative, Inc.
  3. Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services
  4. Public Justice Center, Inc.
  5. The Research Foundation for SUNY on behalf of U. at Buffalo
  6. Western North Carolina Workers’ Center

Read the 2022 news release, frequently asked questions, and funding opportunity announcement.

In 2021, the FARE grant program awarded $2,004,348 to six state and territory agencies:

  1. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  2. Government of Guam, Department of Administration, Bureau of Women’s Affairs
  3. Illinois Department of Labor
  4. Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
  5. New York State Department of Labor
  6. Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission

Read the 2021 grant description summary. 
Read the 2021 news release, frequently asked questions, and funding opportunity announcements.