Scholarship funds are available

Scholarship funds are available from Oregon OSHA

Salem - If you are an Oregon resident and a high school graduate, GED certificate holder, or an Oregon college student, whose parent or spouse was injured or died as a result of a work-related incident, you may be eligible for a scholarship.

The Department of Consumer and Business Services Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (OR-OSHA) is offering annual scholarships from an account established by the 1991 Legislature at the request of the Oregon AFL-CIO.  The Workers’ Memorial Scholarship Account is used for educational needs of spouses or children of permanently disabled or fatally injured workers. 1999 legislation increased the corpus of the scholarship account, enabling a distribution of approximately $12,000 for the 2001-2002 school year.

The Safe Employment Education and Training Advisory Committee, an appointed advisory group for OR-OSHA grants, has been given the authority to determine the scholarship standard and select the recipients.

The deadline for submitting an application for the 2001-2002 school year is March 1.  Application forms are available from the Oregon Student Assistance Commission, 1500 Valley River Drive, Suite 100, Eugene 97401-7706, your local high school guidance counselor, or Oregon college financial aid departments.  Applicants must be Oregon residents receiving fatality benefits, a dependent or spouse of a fatally injured worker, or be the dependent or spouse of an Oregon worker who has incurred a permanent total disability under Oregon Revised Statute 656.206.

For more information concerning this scholarship program, call Phyllis Straight-Millan, Oregon OSHA, (503) 378-3272, or send e-mail to phyllis.s.straight-millan@state.or.us, or call Alan Baas, Oregon Student Assistance Commission, 1-800-452-8807, Ext. 7422, or send e-mail to the commission,  susan.d.taylor@state.or.us.

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