Section 405(i) driver and officer safety education grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.28; 23 U.S.C. § 405(i)) ― grant to support states that enact and enforce a law or adopt and implement programs that include…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the California Office of Traffic Safety $152,962.92 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(i) Driver and Officer Safety Education Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs).

The award funds California's efforts to enact and enforce law or adopt and implement programs that include information on law enforcement practices during traffic stops within driver education and training courses or peace officer training programs. The funding supports California's comprehensive traffic safety initiatives aimed at reducing motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities across the state.

The California Office of Traffic Safety, the designated state highway safety office for California, administers this award and other NHTSA highway safety formula grants. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. Work is performed in Elk Grove, California.

The Section 405(i) program provides formula grant funding to states that meet eligibility requirements by enacting and enforcing applicable law or adopting qualifying programs consistent with federal regulation. Funding is apportioned using a statutory formula and provided based on an approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application that detail countermeasure strategies and planned projects to address traffic safety priorities identified by Congress.

Section 405(i) driver and officer safety education grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.28; 23 U.S.C. § 405(i)) ― grant to support states that enact and enforce a law or adopt and implement programs that include certain information on law enforcement practices during traffic stops in driver education and training courses or peace officer training programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.28(h)". 405(i) funding is available to qualifying states that enact and enforce a law or adopt and implement programs that include certain information on law enforcement practices during traffic stops in driver education and training courses or peace officer training programs. 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.