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 State of Nebraska $549,164.09 under the Section 402 State and Community Highway Safety Grant program (CFDA 20.600) on October 1, 2025, to conduct behavioral highway safety programs aligned with the state's approved highway safety plan.

The State of Nebraska will implement countermeasure strategies and projects designed to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage resulting from motor vehicle crashes. The award obligates $549,164.09 and runs through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Section 402 funding is a formula grant authorized by Congress and apportioned to states, territories, and federally recognized tribes based on statutory formulas. Award recipients must submit approved triennial highway safety plans detailing problem identification, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies, along with annual grant applications outlining specific projects. NHTSA Regional Administrators review compliance and eligibility; NHTSA has up to 60 days to review and approve applications. States retain flexibility in administering their programs and determining how federal funds are allocated among identified projects. This is a formula grant, an assistance type distinct from procurement contracts.

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.