# State and Community Highway Safety (20.600)

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State and Community Highway Safety is run by Department of Transportation. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $2.0 billion in 551 grants, about $3.7 million per award.

## Objectives

The State and Community Highway Safety funding program is administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at the Federal level and by the State Highway Safety Offices (SHSO) at the State level. The formula grant funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. Each State may use these grant funds only for behavioral highway safety purposes to improve traffic safety for travelers using public roadways. At least 40 percent of these funds are to be used by political subdivisions of the State to address local traffic safety problems.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $293 million | 57 |
| 2022 | $399 million | 114 |
| 2023 | $407 million | 114 |
| 2024 | $540 million | 152 |
| 2025 | $401 million | 114 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California Office of Traffic Safety | California | $217 million |
| Texas Department of Transportation | Texas | $146 million |
| State of Florida Department of Transportation | Florida | $95.6 million |
| Department of Motor Vehicles New York State | New York | $90.6 million |
| Virginia Department Motor Vehicles | Virginia | $66.1 million |
| Illinois Department of Transportation | Illinois | $65.9 million |
| Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | Pennsylvania | $63.7 million |
| Georgia Department of Public Safety | Georgia | $55.0 million |
| Department of State Police Michigan | Michigan | $52.5 million |
| Safety & Homeland Security | Tennessee | $50.7 million |
| Minnesota Department of Public Safety | Minnesota | $47.1 million |
| Ohio Department of Public Safety | Ohio | $46.4 million |
| Missouri Department of Transportation | Missouri | $45.0 million |
| New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety | New Jersey | $40.1 million |
| Traffic Safety Commission | Washington | $39.3 million |
| Judiciary Courts of the State of Indiana | Indiana | $36.8 million |
| Wisconsin Department of Transportation | Wisconsin | $35.5 million |
| Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety | Arizona | $35.2 million |
| Colorado Department of Transportation | Colorado | $32.7 million |
| Department of Public Safety | Massachusetts | $30.5 million |