Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 C.F.R. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 U.S.C. & 402) - grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved triennial highway…

The Department of Public Safety Executive Office of Public Safety Division in Boston, Massachusetts received a $327,947.97 formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600). This multi-year award, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027, will fund the state's highway safety programs and activities outlined in its approved triennial Highway Safety Plan. The grant supports behavioral safety initiatives aimed at reducing traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities through the implementation of evidence-based countermeasure strategies. The funds will be utilized by the state and sub-awarded to local government partners for targeted projects and programs focused on areas such as occupant protection, impaired driving prevention, traffic records improvements, emergency medical services, and non-motorized safety enhancements.

Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 C.F.R. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 U.S.C. & 402) - grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved triennial highway safety plan. Section 402 funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. A state may use these grant funds only for behavioral highway safety purposes. These funds are apportioned using statutory apportionment formula. These funds are provided to the state and territorial highway safety offices based on an approved triennial highway safety plan that details problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, countermeasure strategies for programming funds and an approved annual grant application that details planned projects using identified countermeasure strategies for programming funds to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.