The purpose of this corporative agreement project (cap) is to coordinate efforts among driver educators, driver education state administrators, and others involved with driver education and…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the NHTSA Discretionary Safety Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.614) is intended to coordinate efforts among driver educators, administrators, and licensing authorities throughout the U.S. to identify priority needs, develop and promote innovative demonstration countermeasures, and conduct evaluations. The $740,000 award to Highway Safety Services, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, will fund a three-year project from August 2024 to August 2027 to achieve the following key objectives: 1) Identify priority needs of the driver education and licensing community, 2) Develop innovative demonstration projects to address those needs, 3) Promote the demonstration projects, and 4) Evaluate the impacts of the demonstration projects. This award builds on Highway Safety Services' prior experience supporting federal initiatives to improve driver education standards and enhance road safety nationwide.

The purpose of this corporative agreement project (cap) is to coordinate efforts among driver educators, driver education state administrators, and others involved with driver education and licensing (e.g., driver licensing examiners) throughout the U.S. States and territories to: 1. Identify priority needs of the driver education and licensing community (e.g., driver educators, driver education state administrators, state driver licensing authorities, driver education and licensing examiners, etc.). 2. Develop innovative demonstration countermeasures to meet the priority needs of the driver education and licensing community. 3. Promote the innovative demonstration countermeasures among the driver education and licensing community. 4. Develop and conduct an evaluation of each innovative demonstration countermeasure and produce a report of findings.