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The purpose of the Cooperative Agreement (CA) will be to develop a new program to build the capacity of State and local traffic agencies to address traffic safety issues using a public health approach. This program will be a pilot program, to be implemented with a limited number of local and State entities. To meet this purpose, NHTSA will provide financial assistance to a public health organization to develop methodologies and tools to adopt a public health approach to preventing motor-vehicle-crash-related injury and death, while also considering opportunities to address equity in highway traffic safety. The Recipient may establish one (1) Public Health Expert who may carry out the following performance goals to meet the purpose and objectives of the Agreement:• Inform State and local traffic agencies (e.g. State Highway Safety Offices) of the public health approach to traffic safety and its benefits• Develop new assessment and monitoring tools to investigate and address the traffic safety hazards including impaired driving and occupant protection• Facilitate community mobilization and partnerships between State and local traffic safety agencies and State and local public health agencies to implement best practices; as well as to assess equity disparities resulting from previous and current approachesIndicators for these outcomes can include but are not limited to a review of current applicable literature, the creation of a virtual resource database, the publication of case studies, and ongoing educational events such as webinars where information can be discussed. Success will be measured by participating State and local traffic safety agencies’ perceptions and sustained relationships with public health partners.

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE This purpose of this Cooperative Agreement (CA or Agreement) is to establish, pilot, and demonstrate the potential of a traffic safety related Learning Collaborative model, where multiple parties support each other toward a shared goal using a proven framework and process, to develop and refine a program to prevent impaired driving among 18–24-year-olds. The Recipient will establish a Collegiate Impaired Driving Learning Collaborative (CIDLC) that will plan, develop, study, and implement a scalable program to promote impaired driving prevention on college and university campuses. The goals of this Cooperative Agreement are to: (1) establish and manage a small group of college and university representatives; (2) facilitate the measurement and understanding of the impaired driving problem on and around college campuses as well as what is being done to combat it; (3) develop, plan and test impaired driving prevention methods, adjusting as needed based on outcomes; (4) develop an effective program based on what is learned; (5) disseminate the results to other schools and stakeholders in a format that is easy to use and replicate; and (5) produce a report evaluating the program, publishing the results and providing a model to establish the program at colleges and universities. FUNDING AND TYPE OF AWARD A total of up to $750,000.00 is available to fund up to one (1) discretionary Cooperative Agreement and is subject to the availability of funds. NHTSA will only accept one (1) application from each eligible applicant (see Section C.1, Eligible Applicants). Submission of an application is not a guarantee of award. Submission of an application is not a guarantee of award. The Government’s obligations under this Cooperative Agreement are contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for Cooperative Agreement purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available.

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE The purpose and objective of this Umbrella Cooperative Agreement (CA or Agreement) is to conduct research on, evaluations of, and identification of best practices related to driver education for novice drivers and to train state driver licensing authorities how to adopt such practices. Drivers between the ages of 15 to 20 years have the highest involvement in fatal crashes of any age group. In addition, there is an increasing proportion of young people over the age of 18 years delaying licensure. If an individual delays obtaining a drivers license, the individual may no longer be subject to a State’s graduated licensing procedures resulting in no classroom or behind-the-wheel training/instruction before a license is issued (Tefft et al, 2014). New traffic safety countermeasures are required to address these trends. NHTSA seeks innovative and creative projects that will focus on: · Identifying and developing innovative driver education, licensing, or training demonstration practices and countermeasures. · Developing education and training to driver licensing authorities on best practices or countermeasures. · Conduct research of issues or practices related to driver education, licensing, training, and countermeasures. The Department is committed to advancing safe, efficient transportation, including in the Developing Best Practices and Training for Driver Education project. The National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS), issued January 27, 2022, commits the Department to respond to the current crisis in roadway fatalities by ‘taking substantial, comprehensive action to significantly reduce serious and fatal injuries on the Nation’s roadways,’ in pursuit of the goal of achieving zero roadway deaths through a Safe System Approach. (See https://www.transportation.gov/NRSS) The outcomes that are anticipated from the projects funded by Developing Best Practices and Training for Driver Education should align with the NRSS. NHTSA seeks to issue an award that will create proportional impacts to all populations in a project area, remove transportation related disparities to all populations in a project area, and increase equitable access to project benefits, consistent with Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (86 FR 7009). In addition, NHTSA intends to use the Developing Best Practices and Training for Novice Driver Education project to support the creation of good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union and the incorporation of strong labor standards and workforce programs consistent with Executive Order 14025, Worker Organizing and Empowerment (86 FR 22829), and Executive Order 14052, Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (86 FR 64335). FUNDING AND TYPE OF AWARD A total ceiling amount of $1,817,560.00 is available to award multiple discretionary Umbrella Cooperative Agreements under this NOFO and $TBD is available for services required to participate in a Kickoff Meeting under the award of the resultant Umbrella Cooperative Agreement. NHTSA will only accept one (1) application from each eligible applicant (see Section C.1). Submission of an application is not a guarantee of award. The Government’s obligations under this Cooperative Agreement are contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for Cooperative Agreement purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available.

MISSION The mission of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an operating administration of the Department of Transportation (DOT), is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards and enforcement activity. To accomplish this, NHTSA awards grants to state and local governments, not-for-profit organizations, and other entities in support of motor vehicles and road traffic safety initiatives.PURPOSE The purpose of this project is to demonstrate countermeasures to distracted driving and walking by Hispanic youth. The demonstration project seeks to develop a student led, community approach towards reducing distracted driving and walking by building awareness within the teen community to the harm of such risky traffic safety behaviors. The project seeks to develop and demonstrate effective countermeasures that, if successful, could be adopted by States and communities to reduce distracted driving and walking among Hispanic youth. BACKGROUND Distracted driving is a serious traffic safety problem in the United States. In 2019, there were 3,142 people killed and an estimated additional 424,000 people injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers. Recent data shows that distracted driving also impacts pedestrians and other nonoccupants. In 2021, 566 pedestrians and nonoccupants (bicyclists and others) were killed by distracted drivers (NHTSA, April 2021). Distracted driving affects young people (15-20 years old) disproportionately. Young drivers accounted for 8.5 percent of all drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2020. However, young drivers were only 5.1 percent of all licensed drivers in 2020 (NHTSA, 2022).Additionally, according to the National Safety Council (2017), pedestrian incidents are also increasing, with nearly 6,000 pedestrian fatalities in 2017. Distracted walking occurs when someone travels on foot without paying attention to their surroundings (Burke, 2018). Additional research conducted by Safe Kids Worldwide, estimates that approximately 17% of middle school students and 27% of high school students cross the street while distracted by a technological device (Safe Kids Worldwide, 2016). This distracted walking problem is primarily caused by youth cell phone use, with 44% of youth wearing headphones, 31% texting, 18% talking on the phone, and 7% doing a combination of the three (Mackey, 2016). In 2020, NHTSA found that sixteen percent of the children 14 and younger killed in traffic crashes were pedestrians (NHTSA, 2022).According to an AT&T, It Can Wait research survey (2016), U.S. Hispanics are more likely to drive distracted while using a smartphone when compared to the general population. AT&T found that 83% of Hispanics admit to using their smartphones behind the wheel, as compared to 71% of all American drivers. Half of the Latinos surveyed admitted to using their smartphones to communicate through social media while driving. Survey results found that more than 28% of Latinos snap selfies or take photos while driving and nearly 7 in 10 text behind the wheel while driving. While data related to Hispanic youth distracted driving and walking is not currently available, the increased prevalence of these unsafe behaviors among Hispanics suggests NHTSA develop programs that focus on distracted driving and walking among Hispanics.

The Mission of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an operating administration of DOT, is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards and enforcement activity. To accomplish this, NHTSA awards grants to state and local governments, not-for-profit organizations, and other entities in support of motor vehicles and road traffic safety initiatives.NHTSA is committed to addressing equity in traffic safety, with respect to development and implementation of programs and objectives described in this NOFO consistent with Executive Order 13985: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.The purpose of the Cooperative Agreement (CA or Agreement) is to advance traffic safety through the development, demonstration, and evaluation of innovative traffic safety countermeasure approaches and techniques, and innovative and measurable strategies and programs to affect law enforcement engagement. Traffic fatalities are increasing at a significant rate and new traffic safety countermeasures are required to address the rise in fatalities. The Recipient will first develop and demonstrate innovative traffic safety strategies and approaches consistent with existing legislation, that also support the fair and equitable application of countermeasures in communities of color, socio-economically disadvantaged, or locations where enforcement has been ineffective or lacking as a localized priority. The Recipient shall also demonstrate and evaluate approaches, strategies, and methods that enhance law enforcement engagement, as well as public engagement between law enforcement and the communities being served, ensuring that underserved communities are represented. The project will focus on the following:1. Speed management and speeding enforcement.2. Occupant protection, including seat belts and child restraint enforcement. 3. Impaired driving enforcement. 4. Effective engagement between Highway Safety Offices and law enforcementSince 2015, the Nation experienced a significant and sudden increase in the number of highway traffic fatalities after steadily declining to the lowest level in more than 65 years in 2014. In 2015, the Nation experienced a nearly 10 percent increase in traffic deaths and increased to a high point in 2020 at 38,680 fatalities. Improving safety on our Nation’s roadways and preventing injuries and deaths in traffic crashes remains a top priority for NHTSA. Pursuant to its authority, NHTSA provides highway traffic safety grants to states, territories and local communities, and supports research, demonstration projects, and countermeasure programs designed to prevent motor vehicle crashes and reduce their associated economic costs. The development of new approaches and strategies to influence action by law enforcement to undertake the action necessary to reduce crashes and fatalities has become evident. Existing programs and strategies are not having the desired effect in an environment where fatal crashes are increasing significantly, and societal expectations and changes have challenged law enforcement at the operational and philosophical level. Injuries due to speeding, occupant protection and impaired driving are key components in the surge of fatalities, as well as the disproportional impact on communities of color. To address the recent rise in traffic fatalities, NHTSA seeks innovative approaches to enforcement and community engagement to bring down the number of people killed on our roads and highways every year.

The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement (CA or Agreement) is to reduce impaired driving recidivism by conducting a demonstration program evaluating the efficacy of a Probation and Parole Liaison program. These community supervision professionals, one in each of up to 3 NHTSA regions, will be dedicated to training, information sharing, and network development within their respective Region’s professional community supervision network.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), hereby requests applications from eligible departments or offices from the 50 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to obtain funding to assist States with the development and implementation of a State process for informing motor vehicle owners and lessees of open motor vehicle recalls at the time of motor vehicle registration. Grants will support States in developing a methodology for determining open recalls on motor vehicles, informing owners and lessees of the open recalls at the time of registration, and evaluating through the analysis of completed recalls the performance of the notification program. Award Recipients must implement the notification program for a two-year period and then evaluate the results.