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693JJ921R000022: Regional Toxicology Liaison Demonstration Project

Closed Closed July 30, 2021 Opportunity 693JJ921R000022 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: State Process for Informing Consumers of Recalls Program (NHTSA-693JJ927R000007-FY27). Status: Closes February 4, 2027 (89 days left). It is in our archive of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$675,000
• Total funding$675,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Please Review the NOFO, 693JJ921R000022, to ensure the Applicant is capable of accomplishing this project.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Discretionary Safety Grants and Cooperative Agreements awards averaged $1.8 million; this notice allows up to $675,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (59% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

BACKGROUND For decades, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has conducted research and developed programs and resources to reduce alcohol- and drug-impaired driving. It is refining problem identification, improving enforcement strategies, and developing countermeasures. However, knowledge and practice on drug-impaired driving is many years behind alcohol-impaired driving. Matters such as the national opioid epidemic, States legalizing marijuana to varying degrees, and the widespread use of prescription medications are leading to a growing concern with drug use and driving. NHTSA’s 2013-2014 National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers[1] reported that 20.1% of all drivers surveyed on weekend nights tested positive for some drug, legal and/or illegal, other than alcohol, a statistically significant increase from the 16.3% of drug-positive drivers found in 2007. The survey also found tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) presence increased from 8.7% of drivers in 2007 to 12.7% in 2013-2014. A study by Washington State[2] reported that 39.1% of drivers admitted to driving within 3 hours of using marijuana at least once in the previous year, and the biological results from the survey indicated that the presence of marijuana in drivers surveyed had doubled, from approximately 10% to 20% of all drivers, after the state’s implementation of retail marijuana sales. A NHTSA roadside survey in Washington State[3] found similar results, with 7.8% of drivers testing positive for presence of marijuana before legalization in the state, with 18.4% testing positive for presence of marijuana six months after legalization and 18.9% testing positive for marijuana one year after legalization. There is clear evidence of increases in the number of drivers with drugs present in their system. The many inconsistencies in the biological evidence collected, tested, and reported across jurisdictions greatly impedes our ability to understand the magnitude and scope of drug-impaired driving. There are also inconsistencies across the country regarding which drivers are tested for drug use, what specimens are collected for testing, what drugs are tested for, and what cutoff levels are used for drug tests. Toxicology programs vary across the States from comprehensive coordinated efforts, to ad-hoc testing or the need to send samples out of State for analysis. In a number of States, toxicology programs vary between jurisdictions in the state.

Category: Community Development.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, NHTSA-693JJ927R000007-FY27, which is open now.

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