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 the Ohio Department of Public Safety $12.096 million on October 1, 2025, under the State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600), Section 402 formula grant authority, to conduct behavioral highway safety programs under Ohio's approved Highway Safety Plan. The recipient will use the funds to implement countermeasure strategies designed to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage across the state. The award obligates $12,096,122.07 and covers performance through September 30, 2029, with administrative oversight and place of performance in Columbus, Ohio. The Section 402 program provides formula-apportioned funding to state highway safety offices based on triennial and annual grant applications that identify problems, establish performance measures, and specify projects targeting motor vehicle crash reduction. States retain flexibility in determining projects and allocating federal monies to address locally identified highway safety priorities. ODPS, as the state highway safety office, receives the funds and typically distributes sub-awards to local law enforcement agencies, universities, health departments, and other partners to execute specific safety initiatives including high-visibility enforcement periods, driver education programs, traffic records improvements, and targeted interventions such as occupant protection and impaired driving countermeasures.

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.