Employee Safety Grant

PUTNAM COUNTY RECEIVES EMPLOYEE SAFETY GRANT

FROM ACCG INSURANCE PROGRAMS

Putnam County, GA. ( July 2025 ) - Putnam County was recently awarded an Employee Safety
Grant from the ACCG - Group Self-Insurance Workers’ Compensation Fund (ACCG-GSIWCF). The
Employee Safety Grants are available to Fund members that are fostering a culture of workplace
safety through additional training, equipment, or services.

The ACCG-GSIWCF Board of Trustees allotted $1.5 million in grant funds over a three-year period,
with $500,000 available to eligible members in 2025. “We are pleased to offer this grant program to
assist members in their safety efforts,” said ACCG-GSIWCF Board of Trustees Chairman and
McDuffie County Commissioner Frederick Favors. “The opportunity to receive the Employee Safety
Grant is one of the many benefits of participation in this member-owned workers’ compensation
program.”

Loss control services are provided to all members of the workers’ compensation program through
Local Government Risk Management Services (LGRMS), a non-profit agency operated jointly with
the Georgia Municipal Association. Each member appoints a Safety Coordinator to work with
LGRMS to create and maintain safe working environments for government officials, employees and
volunteers.

The ACCG-GSIWCF provides workers’ compensation insurance to more Georgia county
governments than all other insurers combined and has assets of approximately $307 million. Since
1985, the program has returned $129 million in dividends and grants to the membership.

ACCG is Georgia’s county association and works on behalf of county officials and their communities
by providing public policy and legislative advocacy, leadership development, civic and community
engagement initiatives, insurance and retirement programs that specialize in local government
needs and other cost-saving programs. Formed in 1914 when county officials came together to help
fund the state’s first highway department, ACCG today serves as a catalyst for advancing Georgia’s
counties. For more information, go to www.accg.org.