The Tennessee Department of Safety will receive $13.5 million under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal Formula Grant program administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration between October 2022 and September 2026. The grant aims to encourage states to enact and enforce compliant open container laws prohibiting possession of open alcoholic beverages to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. As the awardee, the Tennessee Highway Patrol division of the Department of Safety...
The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded $6.1 million to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal grant program (CFDA 20.607) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. This formula grant funding will support Mississippi's efforts to enact and enforce a compliant open container law, prohibiting possession of open alcoholic beverages in vehicles. As the designated state...
The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded $907,619 under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements (CFDA 20.607) Formula Grant program to the Puerto Rico Traffic Safety Commission. The grant will support countermeasures to reduce alcohol-impaired driving in Puerto Rico from October 2021 through September 2025. As the designated state recipient, the Commission will implement programs and services to encourage enforcement of Puerto Rico's open...
The Missouri Department of Transportation received a $5.8 million Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal grant program (CFDA 20.607) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. The funding will support Missouri's efforts to enact and enforce an open container law prohibiting possession of open alcoholic beverages in vehicles, in accordance with 23 CFR Part 1270 and 23 USC Section 154....
The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded a $1.19 million Formula Grant under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements program (CFDA 20.607) to the Puerto Rico Traffic Safety Commission for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. The grant funds will support countermeasures to reduce alcohol-impaired driving in Puerto Rico through enforcement of the territory's open container laws and public education campaigns. As the designated...
The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded $6.9 million under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal Formula Grant program (CFDA 20.607) to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The funding supports countermeasures to reduce alcohol-impaired driving through the enforcement of compliant open container laws from October 2021 through September 2025. Under Section 154, states must enact and enforce open container bans on possessing open...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation $1,272,040 under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal grant program (CFDA 20.607) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. This formula grant supports countermeasures to reduce alcohol-impaired driving in Hawaii through enforcement of the state's conforming open container vehicle laws and public education campaigns. As the designated state transportation agency, the Hawaii...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation a $1.2 million Formula Grant under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements program (CFDA 20.607) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. This funding will support Hawaii's efforts to enact and enforce an open container law prohibiting possession of open alcoholic beverages in vehicles, in accordance with 23 CFR Part 1270 and 23 USC 154. The grant program aims to...
The Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded a $1.779 million Formula Grant to the Louisiana Highway Safety Commision Department of Public Safety under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal grant program (CFDA 20.607). The funding supports countermeasures to reduce alcohol-impaired driving in Louisiana from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. Specifically, sub-awards were provided to conduct community outreach programs, a DWI court...
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) received a $10.7 million Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the Alcohol Open Container Requirements federal grant program (CFDA 20.607). The grant will support alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures in Virginia from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. As outlined in the program description, the funding aims to encourage states to enact and enforce compliant open container laws...