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 Department of Motor Vehicles New York State (operating as the Governors Traffic Safety Committee) $2,562,740.54 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 consistent with 23 C.F.R. 1300.21(f), supporting state programs that reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities through countermeasure strategies identified in New York's approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application. The recipient qualifies for this formula grant by meeting statutory requirements for a high or low seat belt use category and receives apportionment under the statutory formula.

The award period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Albany, New York. New York State's Governors Traffic Safety Committee distributes sub-awards to county health departments, academic institutions, courts, law enforcement agencies, nonprofits, and research entities to deliver occupant protection education campaigns, seat belt enforcement mobilizations, and child passenger safety training and installation services across the state.

The federal share is reimbursed on claims submitted in vouchers covering costs incurred; all participants use the Electronic Transfer of Funds method.

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.