Auto-safety grants support programs that have significantly reduced auto accidents.
A number of grants are available to state agencies and non-profit organizations in the area of auto safety. Federal grants designed to increase awareness of motorcyclists, as well as privately funded non-profit grants aimed to raise awareness for teen driver safety and decrease the use fuels that create harmful emissions, have led to lower death rates, stronger bonds between schools and their communities and higher emissions standards that have led to a significant decrease in pollution caused by vehicles.
Project Ignition Grant Program
In 2009, State Farm Insurance partnered with the National Youth Leadership Council to conduct a program called Project Ignition. The project gathers teams of students from schools across the country and encourages them to develop projects addressing teen driver safety. Through the development of these projects, students interact with their community, thereby strengthening the ties between their schools and the community and bringing awareness to teen driver safety. The teams then compete for a $2,000 grant to fund projects ranging from public service announcements to developing websites and memory walls. These grants are awarded to 25 schools, with an additional $5,000 given to the top ten projects to help cover the expenses for the groups to attend the National Service-Learning Conference in Atlanta.
NHTSA Motorcyclist Safety Grants
Administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as part of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), states are eligible to receive a grant of no less than $100,000 for programs concerning motorcyclist safety. Projects include programs aimed at the retention, recruitment and training of motorcycle safety training instructors, public awareness and service programs and programs that deliver motorcycle safety training to those living in urban and rural areas. Since its inception in 2006, $25 million in grants have been provided by the Motorcyclist Safety Grants Program.
The Energy Foundation Transportation Grants
Founded in 1991, the Energy Foundation is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote clean energy technology as well as energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. A partnership between various donors like the David and Lucille Packard Foundation and the McKnight Foundation, the Energy Foundation awards grants in varying amounts to state agencies and other non-profit organizations for programs aimed at reducing global warming emissions and promoting safer, more efficient vehicles and fuels through their Transportation Grant Program. In 2010, the Energy Foundation awarded millions in grant money to programs designed to decrease harmful vehicle emissions and promote safer fuels, including a $125,000 grant to the Center for Auto Safety, Inc. to increase vehicle fuel economy and promote tailpipe greenhouse gas standards.
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