The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $596,600 Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation (CDLPI) Grant to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety (SDDPS). The purpose of this 4-year grant, with an award date of September 1, 2024 and a completion date of September 30, 2028, is to support SDDPS in implementing the NR II and DACH II regulations to enhance the state's commercial driver's license (CDL) program. The CDLPI...
The purpose of this $737,997 Project Grant award from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (CFDA 20.232 - Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant) is to provide training and learning opportunities for commercial driver's license (CDL) experts across U.S. states. The grant, awarded to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), will bring together state CDL experts for targeted training and learning experiences to enhance the national CDL...
The purpose of this $593,314 Project Grant award from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is to provide audit training opportunities for jurisdictions and FMCSA regarding the modernized commercial driver's license (CDL) skills test. The award will support the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) in developing a new audit training program to keep pace with the changing CDL testing environment, as most states are adopting a modernized CDL skills test....
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant (CFDA 20.235 - Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Grants) to Commercial Driver Services Inc. (CDS) to recruit and enroll at least 105 students, including members of underserved communities, in CDS's commercial driver's license (CDL) training program. The funding will cover tuition costs of $1,500 per student. CDS, a for-profit company that provides CDL training in Virginia, has received...
This Project Grant award from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (CFDA 20.235 - Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Grants) provides $200,000 in funding to Clark State College to recruit and enroll at least 40 students, including members of underserved communities, in the college's commercial driver's license (CDL) program. The goal is to expand the number of CDL holders with enhanced operator safety training to help reduce the severity and number of crashes...
This $3 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to the National District Attorneys Association will strengthen the National CDL Program. Funded through the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant, the association will increase awareness among prosecutors and other stakeholders about the "One Driver, One License, One Record" concept. It will provide training, technical assistance, and resources on...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $2,343,967 Project Grant to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant (CFDA 20.232). The grant aims to strengthen the state's commercial driver's license (CDL) help desk data processing, improve the timeliness and completeness of CDL driver history records, hire a court coordinator to enhance transaction timeliness and...
The purpose of this $998,839 Project Grant award from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation (CDLPI) Grant program is to assist the Washington State Department of Licensing in closing a finding related to skills test examiners. The key objectives are to increase the number of covert audits and improve the pass/fail rate for commercial driver's license (CDL) skills tests in Washington. The award date is September 1,...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has awarded a $2,565,805 Project Grant to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, Office of Motor Vehicles under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation (CDLPI) Grant program (CFDA 20.232). The purpose of this 4-year award, with a start date of September 1, 2024 and end date of September 30, 2028, is to improve Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) data quality by increasing the timeliness of electronic...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded a $877,417 Project Grant to the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to establish a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Citation and Adjudication Group (CCAG). The purpose of this 4-year grant, running from September 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028, is to study, discuss, and establish best practices for using emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance court and stakeholder...