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 $6,392,475.04 to the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety Executive Office of Public Safety on October 1, 2025, under the State and Community Highway Safety grant program (CFDA 20.600), a Section 402 formula grant supporting behavioral highway safety initiatives.

The recipient will conduct highway safety programs under Massachusetts's approved Highway Safety Plan, implementing countermeasure strategies designed to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. The grant funds support projects identified in the state's triennial and annual grant applications that address behavioral highway safety priorities through a coordinated national program.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Boston, Massachusetts. As a formula grant, the award amount was determined by statutory apportionment rather than competitive selection, with NHTSA Regional Administrators reviewing the state's performance plan and annual grant application for compliance and eligibility. The recipient organization may distribute funds to sub-recipients as part of program administration, though specific sub-award detail is not provided in this award notice.

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.