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 South Dakota Department of Public Safety Administration Division has been awarded a $150,000 Formula Grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (CFDA 20.600 State and Community Highway Safety) to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved Triennial Highway Safety Plan. This grant funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage across the state. The Department of Public Safety will use these funds to implement behavioral highway safety activities such as occupant protection, impaired driving prevention, traffic records improvements, and non-motorized safety enhancements. The agency will also sub-award portions of the grant to local partners for targeted safety initiatives. The grant period runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027.

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.