Federal grant programs / Department of Transportation

State and Community Highway Safety (20.600)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$2.0 billion
• Grant awards551
• Typical award$2.2 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$401 million
• Size rank163 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceFormula grants

Key findings

• Annual funding rose from $293 million in fiscal 2021 to $401 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 163rd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 63% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 56 states and territories.

What the program funds

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.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

States, federally recognized Indian tribes, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and the Virgin Islands.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Formula grant funds may be used for behavioral traffic safety problems identified by the State to improve highway safety for travelers utilizing public roadways. The law provides that at least 40 percent of these Federal funds apportioned to a State for any fiscal year will be expended by the political subdivisions of such State. The law provides that at least 40 percent of these Federal funds apportioned to a State for any fiscal year will be expended by the political subdivisions of such State. ;

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title 49 CFR, Part 11, 12, 13, Subpart All,Public Law Pub. L. 114-94.N/AFederal share shall not exceed 80 percent or applicable sliding scale.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Jul 01, 2023 to Jul 01, 2023 Aug 01, 2024 to Aug 01, 2024

Award range and average, in the agency's words

FY 2024 grant awards are determined by statutory formula and ranged from $986,925 - $35,835,905.

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2016: States will utilize these funds for programs for CIOT, Driver Sober or get Ulled Over National Crackdown, Distracted Driving campaigns, Child Passenger safety campaigns, enforcement of traffic safety laws and other programs that will combat highway safety problems in their states based on problem identification. They can also fund projects to improve data gathering, sobriety checkpoints, training for law enforcement in occupant protection, impaired driving detection, motorcyclist safety, bicyclist and pedestrian safety awareness, and other highway safety-related issues. States will utilize these funds for programs for CIOT, Driver Sober or Get Pulled Over National Crackdown, Distracted Driving campaigns, Child Passenger safety campaigns, enforcement of traffic safety laws and other programs that will combat highway safety problems in their states based on problem identification. They can also fund projects to improve data gathering, sobriety checkpoints, training for law enforcement in occupant protection, impaired driving detection, motorcyclist safety, bicyclist and pedestrian safety awareness, and other highway safety-related issues. Fiscal Year2017: Wisconsin used Section 402 funds for wage and fringe benefits for the grant manager supervisor, policy and program supervisor and 3 program associates.

Continue reading on SAM.gov

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 98% of the money, tribes 1.9%.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.