Federal Grant Award Summary

The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission received a Section 405(E) Distracted Driving Awareness Grant of $380,569.43 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This formula grant supports Louisiana's distracted driving prevention programs designed to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from distracted driving behaviors. As a qualifying state that has enacted and enforces laws prohibiting texting while driving and youth cell phone use while driving, Louisiana receives these funds to implement evidence-based countermeasure strategies outlined in its approved Triennial Highway Safety Plan and annual grant applications.

The funding enables the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission to develop and execute comprehensive distracted driving awareness initiatives and educational programs across the state. The Commission may sub-award portions of these federal funds to local agencies, law enforcement entities, nonprofits, and community organizations throughout Louisiana to support behavioral highway safety countermeasures, public awareness campaigns, enforcement mobilizations, and traffic safety education programs. All funded activities must align with the Commission's identified problem solutions, performance measures, and documented countermeasure strategies aimed at reducing distracted driving-related traffic fatalities and injuries consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.24(F).