Section 405(d) impaired driving countermeasures grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.23; 23 U.S.C. § 405(d)) ― grant to support certain costs of state impaired driving countermeasures programs consistent…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Nevada Department of Public Safety $1,485,270.04 under the Section 405(d) Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grant (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs) on October 1, 2025, for performance through September 30, 2029.

The award funds impaired driving countermeasures administered through Nevada's State Highway Safety Office, including support for adoption and enforcement of mandatory alcohol-ignition interlock laws and 24/7 sobriety programs. The funding supports planned projects identified in the state's approved annual grant application and triennial highway safety plan designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities from motor vehicle crashes.

Work is performed at the State Fire Marshal Division in Carson City, Nevada. The division passes funding to sub-recipients including the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, local law enforcement agencies, county governments, hospitals, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions across Nevada. The assistance type is a formula grant apportioned under statutory apportionment formulas to qualifying states meeting statutory requirements for low-range, mid-range, or high-range impaired driving states.

Section 405(d) impaired driving countermeasures grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.23; 23 U.S.C. § 405(d)) ― grant to support certain costs of state impaired driving countermeasures programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.23(j). 405(d) funding is used for impaired driving countermeasures. Qualifying states must meet statutory requirements and can also receive funding for adoption and enforcement a mandatory alcohol-ignition interlock laws and 24/7 sobriety programs. 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.