The Vermont Agency of Transportation received a $2.8 million formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the National Priority Safety Programs federal grant program (CFDA 20.616) to address distracted driving from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The formula grant funding will support the agency's efforts to encourage the state to address distracted driving, a key national highway safety priority identified by Congress under the National...
The Vermont Agency of Transportation received a $223,706.25 formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the National Priority Safety Programs federal grant program (CFDA 20.616). The funding will support the agency's distracted driving initiatives from October 2021 through September 2025. The National Priority Safety Programs formula grant program aims to encourage states to address highway safety priorities identified by Congress, including occupant...
The Vermont Agency of Transportation received a $187,000 formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to support enforcement of the state's distracted driving laws. Funded under the National Priority Safety Programs formula grant program (CFDA 20.616), the award provides flexibility to use funds for any eligible activity under the Section 402 grant program, including educational advertising, placement of traffic signs, and law enforcement activities from October 1,...
This $241,290.63 Distracted Driving Awareness Grant, awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (CFDA 20.616 National Priority Safety Programs), supports the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) in implementing certain state distracted driving programs consistent with federal regulations. The funding enables VTrans to develop and execute evidence-based strategies aimed at reducing motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from distracted driving through...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), under its National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) formula grant, awarded $219,712.94 to the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) on October 1, 2024. This grant supports VTrans' efforts to develop and implement distracted driving prevention programs consistent with federal requirements. The funding will enable VTrans to enact and enforce laws prohibiting texting while driving or youth cell phone use while driving, as well as...
The Maine Department of Public Safety received a $2.945 million formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to support enforcement of the state's distracted driving laws through 2026. Funded under the National Priority Safety Programs, which encourages states to address priorities like occupant protection and impaired driving, the award will support educational advertising, placement of traffic signs, and law enforcement activities to reduce distracted driving....
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation received a $2.945 million formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to support the state's distracted driving countermeasures through September 2026. Funded under the National Priority Safety Programs and its Distracted Driving grant authority, Rhode Island DOT will use the award to enforce distracted driving laws via educational advertising, traffic signage, and law enforcement activities. Additionally, the...
The Vermont Agency of Transportation received a $1,380,242.66 formula grant award from the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to support certain costs of the state's alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures programs under the National Priority Safety Programs grant. The formula grant funding will allow the Agency to deliver services consistent with the program's goal of encouraging states to address national highway safety priorities like impaired...
The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety was awarded a $187,000 Formula Grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) to support enforcement of the state's distracted driving laws. The grant funding will be used for educational advertising, placement of traffic signs, and law enforcement activities to address distracted driving. As a formula grant, the funding amount was determined by a pre-established formula...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded a $1,492,977.06 Formula Grant under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) to the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). This grant, effective from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2028, supports VTrans' implementation of impaired driving countermeasures and other safety initiatives to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities in Vermont. The Formula Grant funding...