Grant Details:
Application Due Date: TBA

Description: 

Overview:
Federal funds are made available to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Division of Traffic Safety (DTS), annually through the US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in order to promote traffic safety on our highways. Our major goals are to reduce motor vehicle crashes, fatalities and injuries, increase the use of occupant protection devices, and to reduce impaired driving.  FY 2013 runs from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. Additional grants programs may be opened at other times during the year as required.

Following is a synopsis of local highway safety programs underway for FFY 2013:

1. Local Alcohol Program (LAP) is designed to produce a significant impact on a local community's impaired driving problem. Project activities may include local task force formation, DUI enforcement, public information and education, prosecution and adjudication. Starting in FFY 2011 enforcement was limited to hire back officers. Click here for more information about LAP grants.
2. Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grants are designed to increase occupant protection usage and to reduce DUI through hire back enforcement. This program provides for participation in special enforcement campaigns such as “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”. This program includes up to ten (10) enforcement periods. Enforcement details during the Thanksgiving, Christmas/New Years, St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day campaigns is required for these grants. Click here for more information about STEP grants.
3. Regional Traffic Safety Resource Centers (RTSRC) are established to increase use and correct use of occupant protection safety devices. These centers provide information, training and on-going safety seat checks and are heavily involved in the Operation Teen Safe Driving program. Click here for more information about RTSRC grants.
4. Child Passenger Safety Program (CPS) is designed to reduce the death and injury rate of infants and young children by providing safety seats and booster seats to local agencies for distribution to parents, grandparents and/or guardians. Click here for more information about CPS grants.
5. Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (PBS) is designed to aid public agencies in funding cost-effective projects that improve pedestrian and bicycle safety through education and enforcement. Click here for more information about PBS grants.
6. Injury Prevention Program (IP) is designed to reduce fatalities and injuries sustained in traffic crashes through educational programs and other initiatives. Staff provides educational presentations, coordinate public information campaigns and work with the media to raise public awareness of safe driving laws, use of occupant protection devices, designated drivers and other methods of increasing roadway safety. Click here for more information about IP grants.

The Highway Safety Program operates on a cost reimbursement basis. Local agencies/organizations that are approved for funding are required to pay for project expenses initially, and are then reimbursed by IDOT/DTS for approved, documented expenditures. IDOT/DTS then applies to NHTSA for reimbursement.

Guidance on filing Claims for Reimbursement can be found in the “Procedures for Submittal of Claims for Reimbursement”.  A copy of this document can be reviewed by clicking here . 

A sample of an example TS 500 form can be reviewed by clicking here. 
A sample of an example TS 600 form can be reviewed by clicking here.
A sample of an example TS 500a form can be reviewed by clicking here.
A sample of an example TS 500b form can be reviewed by clicking here.

All programs have a deadline of Friday, February 17th, 2012

Organization Information:
Organization: Illinois Department of Transportation
Website: http://www.trafficsafetygrantsillinois.org/

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Steve Esslinger
Contact Phone: (217) 785-1582

More Information:
http://www.trafficsafetygrantsillinois.org/Grants­_2013.asp