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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Fiscal Year 2016 – Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program
HIGH PRIORITY GRANT APPLICATION
Program Narrative Template TO COMPLETE THIS TEMPLATE, REPLACE THE HIGHLIGHTED DIRECTIONS/FIELDS WITH YOUR PROPOSED PLAN.
High Priority Applicant: (enter Agency name) Coordination with MCSAP Lead Agency: (enter Lead Agency name): ☐Yes or ☐No
Program Overview Goal: To ensure that agencies carry out enforcement activities and projects that improves CMV safety and compliance with CMV regulations. Also for projects that are national in scope, increase public awareness and education, demonstrate new technologies and reduce the number and rated of CMV accidents.
Program Strategies ☐Objective 1: FMCSA will reserve up to $5,000,000 of the funds made available under this
| announcement for the 10 States with the highest CMV fatalities (based on a three-year average) for the purposes of conducting data- driven high-visibility traffic enforcement operations or other data-supported activities that will lead to the reduction of large truck and bus crashes in the top 10 identified crash corridors in those States. | |
| Brief Introduction: |
| Include a 1-2 paragraph description of the goal(s) of the application summary of data analysis and how the crash corridors were identified. Include in this introduction specific information about the outputs the application proposes to achieve. | |
| Problem Statement: |
| Include specific information addressing the four specific criteria for this national priority as outlined in the section A of this NOFA. | |
| Performance Objectives: |
| A description of the quantifiable goals related to the above problem statement. This can be measured in numbers or percentages or other forms that accurately measure the outputs the applicant anticipates will result from implementing the strategies and activities proposed | |
The following Critical Information Table (provided below), although not required, is provided for your use to summarize the anticipated project activities.
ANTICIPATED SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
| # of Traffic Enforcement Contacts (TOTAL) |
| 0 |
| # of Traffic Enforcement Contacts CMV |
| 0 |
| # of Traffic Enforcement Contacts Non-CMV |
| 0 |
| # of Highly Visible Blitzes/Details/Waves TOTAL) |
| 0 |
| # of Inspections (TOTAL) |
| 0 |
| # of Inspections Motorcoach |
| 0 |
| # of Educational Events (TOTAL) |
| 0 |
| # of CMV Educational Events Contacts |
| 0 |
| # of Outreach Events (TOTAL) |
| 0 |
| # of CMV Outreach Events Contacts |
| 0 |
| # of Non-CMV Outreach Events Contacts |
| 0 |
| # of Full Time Employees |
| 0 |
| # of Part Time Employees |
| 0 |
| # of Motorcoach Citations |
| 0 |
| Program Activity Plan: |
| A description of the activities the applicant believes will help mitigate the problem. Specify the enforcement strategies that the States will conduct to reduce the crash rate in these corridors. Description should include details such as number and frequency of activities. Additional information necessary to support how the applicant will accomplish the above goals. | |
| Performance Measurement Plan: |
| Specify how the State will monitor and report on the results of these activities. A description of how the applicant will measure progress towards the performance objective goal, such as quantifiable and measurable outputs (hours, carrier contacts, inspections, number of outreach events, etc.) and in terms of performance outcomes. The measure must include specific benchmarks that can be reported on in the quarterly progress report, if practicable, or as annual outcomes. | |
Indicate how the State will evaluate the outcome and success of this enforcement activity to demonstrate whether increased vehicle contacts, issuance of traffic citations, and traffic citation convictions and the impact this has on overall crash rates. Indicate how the state will monitor the progress of citations issued under this project through the criminal justice system and State driver licensing agency to ensure that any convictions are recorded on the respective driver history records
| ☐Objective 2: FMCSA will reserve up to $1,000,000 to allow for up to three (3) State personnel to | | participate in a temporary assignment to FMCSA Headquarters offices similar to the | Intergovernmental Personnel Act. |
| | Introduction: | |
| Include a 1-2 sentence description of the goal(s) of the application and the applicable program priority(ies) met by the application’s projects. Include in this introduction specific information about the proposed state person nominated for the grant. Indicate for which assignment the individual is being nominated (Enforcement or Programs and Compliance) and must include a resume that describes and demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities that the individual will bring to the job. | | |
The following Critical Information Table (provided below), although not required, is provided for your use to summarize the anticipated project activities.
ANTICIPATED SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
# State Personnel (participating) (TOTAL)
# placed in FMCSA Office of Information Technology
# placed with FMCSA State Programs/Compliance Division:
☐Objective 3: After selections have been made for objectives #1 and #2 above, FMCSA will give priority funding consideration to applications that include one or more of the following objectives which are listed in rank order (please check all that apply):
☐Emerging issues and special research efforts that have the potential to inform other agencies of new techniques and practices to improve CMV enforcement;
☐Enforcement objectives that involve multiple jurisdictions in a geographic area (the value of this approach is that a single entity serves as the grant recipient and coordinates activities by other participating agencies). Clearly indicate the coordination effort and what unique components each applicant might contribute to the project. Multi state/jurisdictions are to submit separate grant applications explaining the coordinated efforts and how they are linked;
☐Enforcement of traffic laws and safety regulations in high-risk areas such as work zones and on rural roads including prevention of secondary crashes at investigation scenes;
☐CMV safety implications of oil field operations (also known as induced hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking) applicants must provide data demonstrating the safety problem(s) encountered and proposals for this effort must be for CMV safety efforts that go beyond size and weight enforcement;
☐Enforcement of texting, hand-held cell phone prohibitions and combating distracted driving;
☐Enforcement of traffic laws and safety regulations on motorcoaches and other passenger carrying CMVs (consistent with FMCSA’s policy on en route inspections);
☐High-visibility CMV and non-CMV traffic enforcement and training to support State and local involvement in CMV-related traffic enforcement activities;
☐Educational programs that promote safe driving practices by teen drivers around CMVs (potentially funded at 100%);
☐Public awareness and education of CMV safety-related issues (potentially funded at 100%);
☐Seat belt compliance; or
☐Pedestrian and bicycle safety around CMVs; or
COPY AND PASTE THE SECTIONS BELOW UNDER EACH PRIORITY CHECKED UNDER OBJECTIVE 3 TO PROVIDE THE DETAILS FOR EACH PRIORITY SELECTED.
Brief Introduction:
Include a 1-2 sentence description of the goal(s) of the application and the applicable program priority(ies) met by the application’s projects. Include in this introduction specific information about the outputs the application proposes to achieve. For each goal identified, the applicant must provide a problem statement, performance objective, program activity plan, and performance measurement plan.
| Problem Statement: |
| A brief, quantitative description of the identified program. Include details on the data use to identified problem. Include details on the data used to identify the problem and to establish the baseline (include data sources, date, and explain how the applicant collects, maintains, and analyzes the data) | |
| Performance Objectives: |
| A description of the quantifiable goals related to the above problem statement. This can be measured in numbers or percentages that accurately measure the outputs the applicant anticipates will result from implementing the strategies and activities proposed | |
The following Critical Information Table (provided below), although not required, is provided for your use to summarize the anticipated project(s) activities. Please complete an individual table for each project/National Priority.
ANTICIPATED SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
| # of Traffic Enforcement Contacts (TOTAL) |
| 0 |
| # of Traffic Enforcement Contacts CMV |
| 0 |
| # of Traffic Enforcement Contacts Non-CMV |
| 0 |
| # of Highly Visible Blitzes/Details/Waves TOTAL) |
| 0 |
| # of Inspections (TOTAL) |
| 0 |
| # of Inspections Motorcoach |
| 0 |
| # of Educational Events (TOTAL) |
| 0 |
| # of CMV Educational Events Contacts |
| 0 |
| # of Outreach Events (TOTAL) |
| 0 |
| # of CMV Outreach Events Contacts |
| 0 |
| # of Non-CMV Outreach Events Contacts |
| 0 |
| # of Full Time Employees |
| 0 |
| # of Part Time Employees |
| 0 |
| # of Motorcoach Citations |
| 0 |
| Program Activity Plan: |
| Additional information necessary to support how the applicant will accomplish the above goals. | |
| Performance Measurement Plan: |
| A description of how the applicant will measure progress towards the performance objective goal, such as quantifiable and measurable outputs (hours, carrier contacts, inspections, etc.) and in terms of performance outcomes. The measure must include specific benchmarks that can be reported on in the quarterly progress report, if practicable, or as annual outcomes. | |
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