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 highway safety…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded Arkansas State Police $4,606,668.92 under the State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600) on October 1, 2025, to conduct behavioral highway safety programs under the state's approved highway safety plan. The award funds a coordinated national effort to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage through countermeasure strategies addressing problem identification, performance measures, and public participation. Performance runs through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Arkansas State Police passed funding to 38 sub-recipients—municipal police departments, county sheriff's offices, and local government entities across Arkansas—to conduct Selective Traffic Enforcement Programs and one Mini-Selective Traffic Enforcement Program. Sub-recipients include the City of Texarkana Police Department, City of Benton Police Department, City of Springdale, City of Sherwood, County of St. Francis, City of Sheridan, City of Newport, County of Prairie, City of Pine Bluff Police Department, County of Lafayette, City of Paragould, City of North Little Rock, Harrison City, City of Monticello, City of Jonesboro, Desha County Courthouse, County of Jackson, County of Independence, City of Decatur, Grant County Sheriff Department, City of Hot Springs, City of Cabot City Hall, City of Gentry, City of Hope, City of Rogers Police Department, City of Bryant Fire Department, City of Fort Smith Police Department, City of Pea Ridge, County of Benton Comptroller's Office, City of Des Arc, City of Mountain Home, City of Ashdown, County of Garland Sheriff's Department, Cross County Road Department, City of Centerton, Baxter County Sheriff's Office, Alexander Police Department, and Madison County.

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 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.