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 Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded the Mississippi Department of Public Safety $918,451 under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant (CFDA 20.232) from June 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. The funding will support strengthening Mississippi's commercial driver licensing program through improved data systems and increased oversight. Specifically, the award will fund the hiring of state personnel and a contractor to enhance help...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $456,084 Project Grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) and its Mississippi Highway Patrol Division. The funding will support the deployment of a dashboard corridor and hotspot visualization tool, as well as commercial motor vehicle (CMV) reporting capabilities, to 100% of the state's...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) received a $1,164,621 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The grant project aims to: 1) Decrease commercial motor vehicle crashes in high-crash corridor areas by 5%; 2) Decrease statewide commercial motor vehicle large truck crashes by 5%; 3) Increase commercial motor vehicle traffic enforcement...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $6,546,140 Formula Grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (CFDA 20.218) to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS). The grant's purpose is to improve motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle (CMV), and driver safety to support a safe and efficient transportation system. Funding supports state-level safety initiatives through the MDPS Commercial Vehicle Safety Plan, which focuses on activities such as...
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 (FMCSA) awarded a $3,150,203 Project Grant under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant (CFDA 20.232) to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, Office of Motor Vehicles. The purpose of this 4-year grant, which runs from Sep 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2027, is to support the Office's compliance with FMCSA rulemakings related to Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) data...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety was awarded a $6.27 million Formula Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant aims to reduce crashes and hazardous materials incidents involving commercial motor vehicles through funding provided to state motor carrier safety programs. As the designated state agency, the Mississippi Highway Patrol will use the...
This $1,949,747 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (CFDA 20.237 - Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements) supports enhanced commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety enforcement and public awareness initiatives in the state of Mississippi. The key activities funded under this award include: Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers and officers conducting at least 100...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $251,982 project grant to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) to build a solution that State Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) can use to report a conviction or a withdrawal to the licensing jurisdiction in exceptional scenarios when timely reporting is not possible using the Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS). This grant, awarded under the Commercial Driver's License Program...