Project Grant 69A3602641726MHP0MS
- 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 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 $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...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded the Mississippi Department of Public Safety $10.0 million under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant (CFDA 20.232) on December 1, 2025, with a performance period extending through September 30, 2030. The award supports a multi-faceted initiative to enhance the state's Commercial Driver's License (CDL) program through improved data management, fraud prevention, and testing...
- The Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $722,532 Project Grant to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to decrease commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes in high-risk corridors through increased enforcement and inspections from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Under the grant, the Mississippi Highway Patrol will collect data on CMV traffic enforcement inspections, violations, and crashes in the identified corridors. This data...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, serving as the State Highway Safety Office, received a Section 402 State and Community Highway Safety Grant (CFDA 20.600) from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the amount of $1,344,116.04, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This formula grant supports the development and implementation of behavioral highway safety programs designed to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Mississippi Department of Public Safety received a Section 405(C) State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grant totaling $197,350.60 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) formula grant program. The award period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This funding supports improvements to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, uniformity,...
- 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...
- The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will receive $587,656.78 through a Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The funding supports the National Priority Safety Programs' State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements program (CFDA 20.616) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. Under this award, the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded the Mississippi Department of Public Safety $730,727.35 under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) formula grant, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This Section 405(D) Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grant supports the state's implementation of evidence-based strategies to reduce traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from impaired driving. The award...
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, through its Mississippi Highway Patrol Division, received a $1.925 million Project Grant awarded on December 1, 2025, by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The award funds three complementary initiatives designed to reduce commercial motor vehicle (CMV)-related crashes and enhance public safety across Mississippi through September 30, 2028. The grant supports high-visibility traffic enforcement operations targeting unsafe CMV driving behaviors in high-crash corridors, including a minimum of 100 enforcement details with specialized focus on work zones and rural roads. Officers will conduct targeted enforcement with a minimum of six CMV contacts per eight-hour shift, supported by deployment of Acusensus artificial intelligence mobile mounted camera trailer systems across the state's northern, central, and southern regions. Additionally, the award funds a paid public education campaign promoting "Safe Zone" CMV awareness and human trafficking detection training for both the motoring public and commercial drivers. The enforcement and technology deployment efforts will be complemented by ongoing public education outreach and data analysis to guide program adjustments.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.9m | 1/8/26 |