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 New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety $199,481.34 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(e) Distracted Driving Awareness Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs). The award funds state distracted driving programs, including enforcement activities, public awareness campaigns, and education initiatives designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from distracted driving. New Hampshire qualifies for this funding by virtue of having enacted and enforcing laws that prohibit texting while driving or youth cell phone use while driving. The grant operates under a four-year period of performance through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Concord, New Hampshire. The Office of Highway Safety administers the award as New Hampshire's designated State Highway Safety Office and implements projects aligned with an approved Triennial Highway Safety Plan and annual grant application detailing countermeasure strategies and performance measures. Sub-recipients supporting distracted driving and broader highway safety efforts include the New Hampshire Department of Safety, the Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and municipal police departments throughout the state.

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.