Section 405(b) occupant protection grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.21; 23 U.S.C. § 405(b)) ― grant to support certain costs of state occupant protection programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.21(f)

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Georgia Department of Public Safety $1,311,665.10 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(b) Occupant Protection Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs).

The award funds occupant protection initiatives within Georgia's approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application, supporting countermeasure strategies and planned projects designed to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities through occupant protection programming. Georgia qualifies under the statutory seat belt use categories for Section 405(b) funding, which is apportioned to states and territories through formula. The funds are provided based on an approved triennial highway safety plan detailing problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies, along with an approved annual grant application specifying planned projects using those strategies.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Department of Public Safety, serving as the state's designated Highway Safety Office, is the recipient. The entire obligated amount of $1,311,665.10 represents federal reimbursement for costs incurred and claimed through vouchers; the state submits the funding request after receiving NHTSA approval of its application.

Section 405(b) funding is available to qualifying states that meet statutory requirements for a high or low seat belt use categories. 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.