Grant Details

The Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety grants federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to promote the development and implementation of innovative programs to address highway safety problems relating to alcohol/impaired driving, pedestrian & bicycle safety, motorcycle safety, occupant protection, traffic records/data programs and distracted driving. 

Proposed programs must be data-driven, based on proven countermeasures and must address one or more of the following issues:

• Motorcycle Safety Education Program -A program designed to promote public awareness and outreach programs to enhance driver's awareness of motorcyclists, such as share-the-road safety messages developed using Share-The-Road Model language available on the NHTSA website. A program designed to reduce impaired related motorcyclist crashes, injuries and fatalities in identified high risk areas.
• Occupant Protection Programs - Education and training programs that increase safety belt usage and lead to increased use of properly installed child safety restraint systems. Seeking a booster seat educational program to provide statewide reach. The program must educate children ages 4-10 and their families on Georgia's current child passenger safety law as well as best practice recommendations for the use of booster seats.
• Teen Traffic Safety Programs - Peer to peer education and prevention strategies in schools and communities designed to: 1. Increase safety belt use 2. Reduce speeding 3. Reduce impaired and distracted driving 4. Reduce underage drinking. Programs designed to increase the public's awareness of the Teenage and Adult Drivers Responsibility Act (TADRA) and safe and defensive driving techniques will also be considered.
• Young Adult Traffic Safety Programs - A program designed to reduce the incidence of alcohol and/or drug -impaired driving or distracted driving by persons between the ages of 18 and 24, which must involve at least one of the following components: (1) participation of employers, (2) participation of colleges and universities, or (3) participation of hospitality industry.
• Law Enforcement Programs -A program designed to implement innovative highly visible and highly publicized law enforcement strategies to reduce highway safety crashes, injuries and fatalities.
• Administrative Judges Programs - A program designed to train judges and prosecutors on highway safety issues, including but not limited to: Standardized field sobriety testing techniques, innovative sentencing techniques, update on new traffic laws and license sanctioning procedures, effective prosecution of DUI offenders, and incorporating treatment as appropriate into judicial sentencing for drivers between the ages of 21 and 34 who have been convicted of first time DUI/DWI. A program designed to remove repeated DUI offenders from Georgia's roadways through innovative prosecutorial/adjudication programs.
• Minority Highway Safety Programs- Programs focused on minorities, particularly the populations of non-English as a primary language. Programs must focus on the awareness of the laws relating to safety belt and child restraint uses, impaired driving, or pedestrian safety initiatives.
• Non-Motorized Safety Grants - Enforcement and education programs designed to reduce nonmotorized injuries and fatalities within high-risk counties.
• Older Drivers and Passengers - The aging Georgia population is more susceptible to fatal injury than younger motor vehicle occupants. The number of drivers ages 65+ years involved in fatal crashes increased by 15 percent (from 272 drivers in 2018 to 313 drivers in 2019). Drivers ages 65+ years accounted for 14 percent of all drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2019. Programs targeting this age group need to be developed and implemented to reverse these alarming trends. The program should be a skill-based program for older drivers to enhance driving skill or educational programs that focus on relevant physical cognitive changes of aging.
• Unattended Passengers Program - Programs should be designed to educate the public regarding the risks of leaving a child or unattended passenger in a vehicle after the vehicle motor is deactivated by the operator.
• Evaluation and Survey Program- Evaluation Program should be designed to evaluate GOHS grants and projects on a monthly and yearly basis. A database should be created and maintained to monitor monthly reporting and activity of grantees.

NOTE: Funding may also be available for projects outside the identified priority areas if there is documented evidence of an identified problem.