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 Judiciary Courts of the State of Indiana, operating as the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, $387,606.76 under the Section 402 State and Community Highway Safety Grant (CFDA 20.600) on October 1, 2025. The funding supports behavioral highway safety programs detailed in Indiana's approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application, addressing countermeasure strategies to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities. The award covers the period of performance from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, designated as the state administering agency for highway safety, coordinates federal and state resources across the state's criminal justice and public safety infrastructure. As a child entity of Indiana's judicial system, ICJI develops strategic plans and distributes federal grant funds to local jurisdictions while ensuring compliance with federal requirements. The Section 402 program provides formula-apportioned funding to states based on statutory formulas, with NHTSA Regional Administrators reviewing performance plans and annual applications. States retain flexibility in determining projects and allocating funds according to identified safety problems and performance measures.

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.