Section 405(C) state traffic safety information system improvements grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.22; 23 U.S.C. § 405(C)) €• grant to support data program improvements in the accuracy, completeness,…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Mississippi Department of Public Safety $602,204.12 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(C) State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs).

The grant supports data program improvements in the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, uniformity, accessibility, or integration of core highway safety databases. Funds are provided to state and territorial highway safety offices based on an approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application detailing planned projects using countermeasure strategies to help reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities from motor vehicle crashes. Eligible states must have a traffic records coordinating committee, a designated TRCC coordinator, and an approved state traffic records strategic plan.

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, performing at Jackson, Mississippi, receives obligated funding of $602,204.12. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. The assistance type is a formula grant, with funding apportioned using a statutory apportionment formula and reimbursed on claims submitted in vouchers covering costs incurred.

Section 405(C) state traffic safety information system improvements grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.22; 23 U.S.C. § 405(C)) €• grant to support data program improvements in the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, uniformity, accessibility, or integration of core highway safety databases consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.22(D). Section 405(C) funding is avialable for state traffic safety information system improvements. Qualifying states are those that have a traffic records coordinating committee (TRCC); designated TRCC coordinator; and an approved state traffic records strategic plan. 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.