Funds to Reduce Alcohol and Impaired Driving

  1. Objective: To broaden the scope and number of activities directed toward reducing traffic crash loss arising in whole or in part from persons driving under the influence of alcohol.
  2. Examples of Fundable Components
    1. Management - Coordinator, other personnel
    2. Enforcement - Training, equipment, operations, public information/education
    3. Prosecution - Training and equipment
    4. Adjudication - Training and equipment
    5. Screening/Referral/Probation - Training, equipment, driver licensing
    6. Prevention/Intervention - Training, equipment, public information/education
    7. Public Information/Education - Media materials and personnel
  3. Examples of Program Evaluation Measures
    1. Alcohol-related crashes resulting in fatalities and injuries.
    2. Nighttime (8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.) crashes resulting in fatalities and injuries.
    3. Community Programs - Number of comprehensive programs and number and percent of target population being reached by program.
    4. Enforcement - Number and percent of officers trained, units of equipment in use, total DUI arrests, DUI arrests per shift/unit/hour, DUI arrests between 8:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m., DUI arrests Thursday through Sunday or during other hours.
    5. Percent of licensed drivers arrested for DUI, and total processing time per arrest.

 

Source: The Guidelines for the Submission of Highway Safety Grant Applications.