Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 C.F.R. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 U.S.C. § 402) ― grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved highway safety…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Idaho Department of Transportation $150,000 on October 1, 2025, under the State and Community Highway Safety Program (CFDA 20.600) to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved highway safety plan. The award is obligated through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Garden City, Idaho.

Section 402 funding supports behavioral highway safety countermeasures identified in Idaho's triennial and annual grant applications to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. The state allocates these formula grant funds based on problem identification, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies documented in its approved safety plan. Idaho DOT distributes highway safety funding through sub-recipients including local law enforcement agencies and community safety partners as pass-through recipient for the State and Community Highway Safety Program.

Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 C.F.R. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 U.S.C. § 402) ― grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved highway safety plan.section 402 funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. A state may use these grant funds only for behavioral highway safety purposes. 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.