Indian Highway Safety Law Enforcement Grants

The Indian Highway Safety Law Enforcement Grants program, administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Justice Services (OJS), Indian Highway Safety Program (IHSP), is soliciting proposals from federally recognized tribal governments. The grants are intended to support the implementation of traffic safety programs and projects designed to reduce the number of traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage within tribal communities. Applicants must identify a traffic safety problem and propose performance-based targets and strategies to address it, providing data on traffic enforcement, citations, crashes, and fatalities to justify the problem statement and targets. The application requires sections for training, equipment, and personnel budgets aligned with the identified issues and goals. The application and instructions template provides guidance on completing all sections for consideration for fiscal year 2024 funding under the 20.600 State and Community Highway Safety federal grant program administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Applications are due by May 1, 2024.

The grants are reimbursable and eligible tribes can receive funding for law enforcement staff straight time or overtime hours dedicated to traffic safety activities. While the posting date has been changed from January 15, 2023 to January 11, 2023, the linear trend analysis tool attachment is not required to be submitted with the grant application. The 20.600 State and Community Highway Safety federal grant program, administered by the Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, provides the funding source for these Indian Highway Safety Law Enforcement Grants.