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State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grant Program

Through Section 405(c) funding, this grant program helps improve state safety data systems.

 

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Overview

This program utilizes federal funds awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to support projects that make data program improvements to core highway safety databases. Examples of projects may include:

  • Software or applications to identify, collect, and report data to State and local government agencies, and enter data into State core highway safety databases, including crash, citation or adjudication, driver, emergency medical services or injury surveillance system, roadway, and vehicle data;
  • Purchasing equipment to improve a process by which data are identified, collated, and reported to State and local government agencies, including technology for use by law enforcement for near-real time, electronic reporting of crash data;
  • Improving the compatibility and interoperability of the core highway safety databases of the State with national data systems and data systems of other States, including the National EMS Information System;
  • Enhancing the ability of a State and the Secretary to observe and analyze local, State, and national trends in crash occurrences, rates, outcomes, and circumstances;
  • Supporting traffic records improvement training and expenditures for law enforcement, emergency medical, judicial, prosecutorial, and traffic records professionals;
  • Hiring traffic records professionals for the purpose of improving traffic information systems (including a State Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) liaison);
  • Adoption of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, or providing to the public information regarding why any of those criteria will not be used, if applicable;
  • Supporting reporting criteria relating to emerging topics, including
    • Impaired driving as a result of drug, alcohol, or polysubstance consumption; and
    • Advanced technologies present on motor vehicles; and
  • Conducting research relating to State traffic safety information systems, including developing programs to improve core highway safety databases and processes by which data are identified, collected, reported to State and local government agencies, and entered into State core safety databases.

Eligibility

Only units of state and local government, state higher educational institutions, or not-for-profit organizations with a public purpose in Massachusetts are eligible to apply for this funding. Private sector organizations are not eligible to receive this funding.

Key Dates and Materials

Key Dates:

AGF Posted: March 21, 2024

Letters of Intent Due: April 30, 2024; 4:00 p.m.

Deadline for Q & A Submission: May 2, 2024; 4:00 p.m.

Electronic AGF Responses Due: May 7, 2024; 4:00 p.m.

Project Presentations (Tentative): May 14, 2024

ETRCC Review of Projects (Tentative): June 4, 2024, 10:30 am to Noon

Award Announcements (Tentative): June 25, 2024

Performance Period: July 2024 – September 30, 2025

Application Materials:

FFY24 State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grant Program AGF

FFY24 State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grant Program Application

FFY24 State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grant Program Budget Worksheet

Additional Materials:

OGR Subrecipient Risk Assessment Form

OGR General Subrecipient Conditions

Contractor Authorized Signatory Listing

Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Compliance Form

Contact   for State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grant Program

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