Section 405(E) distracted driving awareness grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. § 405(E)) ― grant to support certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. §…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the State of Delaware Department of Safety & Homeland Security $199,481.33 under the Section 405(E) Distracted Driving Awareness Grant on October 1, 2025. This formula grant funds Delaware's distracted driving programs, including public awareness and enforcement activities aligned with the state's approved triennial Highway Safety Plan, to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from distracted driving. Delaware qualifies for this funding by maintaining and enforcing laws that prohibit texting while driving or youth cell phone use while driving. The grant period runs through September 30, 2029, with performance occurring in Leipsic, Delaware. The recipient administers the funds as Delaware's designated state highway safety office, implementing countermeasure strategies and planned projects detailed in the state's annual grant application, with costs reimbursed on a claims basis.

Section 405(E) distracted driving awareness grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. § 405(E)) ― grant to support certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.24(F). 405(E) funding is available to qualifying states that enact and enforce a law that prohibits texting while driving or prohibits youth cell phone use while driving. 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.