Grant/Contract Programs
Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) Grant Program
The Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), seeks to award a grant to a 501C3 qualified non-profit or government entity to collaborate with local employers and school administrators to provide traffic safety programs that promote a safer traffic culture to employees, students, and families, and conduct outreach that supports law enforcement traffic safety campaigns.
Enforcement Grant Program
The Enforcement grant program provides federal funds to law enforcement agencies to conduct highly-visible, well publicized traffic safety enforcement campaigns. The grant funding will be used for overtime enforcement to address all traffic safety issues with an emphasis on impaired driving, occupant protection, speed and distracted driving. General information about the program can be found on the DPS Web site under Law Enforcement Partners. Questions? Contact Shannon Grabow, or (651) 201-7063.
Safe Roads Grant Program
The Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) Safe Roads Grant funding provides resources to combat the largest traffic safety problems facing local communities in a partnership with law enforcement, engineering, emergency medical services, and education. Applicants must provide county-wide grant services and have at least one local law enforcement agency participating in the Enforcement Grant program.
The Safe Roads Grant program integrates the concepts of the statewide initiative by bringing together community stakeholders from education, engineering, emergency medical services and enforcement. Safe Roads grants focus on connecting crash data and statewide efforts with local collaborations and activities. It also makes use of research and evaluation studies that point to the activities and best practices for the greatest impact in reducing traffic deaths and serious injuries.
Integrated Judicial and Administrative Ignition Interlock Program
Proposals were received from judicial districts and probation services within a county to pilot a judicial ignition interlock program that coordinates with the current administrative ignition interlock program. The program requires counties or judicial districts to expand the use of ignition interlock and use it as a tool for reducing impaired driving and increasing legal driving. For more information, contact Duane Siedschlag at (651) 201-7074.
DWI Court Programs
This project supports judicial leadership in the development of DWI Courts for repeat DWI offenders. The Minnesota Supreme Court and Office of Juvenile Justice Programs have dedicated state and federal grant funding for the implementation of Drug Courts which were used as a model for the DWI Courts. The project will augment state, local and other federal funding to support judicially led court programs that follow the DWI Court model to supervise high risk DWI offenders. For more information, contact Duane Siedschlag at (651) 201-7074.
