Indiana Criminal Justice Institute’s Traffic Safety Division is seeking applications for the FY2023 Comprehensive Hoosier Highway Injury Reduction Program (CHIRP).
Donor Name: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/22/2022
Grant Size: $5,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The program focuses federal funding assistance in areas that have a maximum probability of reducing death and injury on roadways. Indiana’s emphasis areas are alcohol, drug impairment, speed, occupant protection and youth. Project activity should be directed toward one or more of these emphasis areas. Activity must focus on the reduction of fatal and serious injury crashes.
CHIRP Projects
There are seven grant projects under CHIRP:
- Click It to Live It (CITLI)
- Driving Under the Influence Taskforce (DUITF)
- Vehicle Speed Enforcement Teams (VSET)
- Summer Impaired Driving Enforcement Project (SIDEP)
- Motorcycle High Visibility Awareness (MC-HVA)
- Young Operator Driving Education & Learning (Yodel)
- Non-Motorist (Ped-Bike)
Funding Information
- Awards of $5,000 or less shall only work Blitz mobilizations. Awards of $5,001 or more must participate in yearlong occupant protection enforcement and demonstrate sustained HVE activities monthly between mobilizations, including the use of multi-officer enforcement patrols
- The grant contract is October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023.
- All law enforcement agencies are eligible to apply. Applicants must demonstrate a data driven problem identification for increased enforcement or education in their community, the willingness to commit to traffic safety priorities, and the ability to demonstrate quantifiable and measurable improvement of the identified problem.
- Federal funds allocated to finance state and local government highway safety projects are intended to supplement, not be a substitute for, ongoing state or local program expenditures. Projects should be designed to eliminate a deficiency in an applicant agency’s program or to expand an existing program.
For more information, visit Indiana Criminal Justice Institute.