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 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation $972,236.72 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 designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes. Pennsylvania qualifies for this funding because it has enacted and enforces a law prohibiting texting while driving or youth cell phone use while driving. The recipient must implement projects identified in an approved Annual Grant Application that align with countermeasure strategies for addressing distracted driving, supported by an approved Triennial Highway Safety Plan that details problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is a division of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Place of performance is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. Federal reimbursement occurs on claims submitted in vouchers covering costs incurred. The funding is assistance to a state highway safety office, not a competitive discretionary grant.

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.