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Complete the top portion of the application with your department’s applicable information.

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Our department is not just committed but deeply dedicated to ensuring that our traffic safety system operates at the highest standards possible.  We work in close collaboration with planning and engineering departments to address roadway design, making it safe for all commuters, whether in vehicles, on bicycles, or on foot.  We leave no stone unturned in ensuring that all motor vehicles on our roadways meet the highest safety standards through rigorous enforcement of inspection requirements.  We conduct quality traffic stops in high-visibility areas to deter operators who are violating our motor vehicle laws.  
We have incorporated a Vision Zero philosophy, where we strive to prevent crashes that involve serious bodily injury or death. This philosophy includes educating the public on roadway safety, enforcing motor vehicle laws, addressing roadway hazards, and having the proper tools to accomplish this.
As a department, we have dealt with motor vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian crashes.  This grant funding will allow us to complement existing education and enforcement efforts, focusing on proactive crash prevention methods.
By involving elementary-aged students and their families in our grant through the Safe Roads Alliance’s Kids Speaking Up for Road Safety program, we envision significant positive changes for the entire community.  The influence of these young minds on their parents, coupled with the ripple effect of their social media conversations and school influences, will create a powerful wave of awareness and action, making our community safer as a whole. Kids will learn how to speak up for their safety in non-confrontational ways, giving them an important life tool that they can use in many situations.
By hosting a community visit with In Control, we anticipate positive reinforcement to reduce speeds, wear seatbelts, and avoid impairments of all kinds.  Not only will the participating teens influence their peers, but the dinner table conversations will help spread the learning through families and others in the community, making our roads safer in the process.
By providing community members with In Control’s Crash Prevention Training, we are confident in the significant reduction in crashes we will see from those attending. Moreover, we anticipate a positive influence on their peers, encouraging safer practices such as seatbelt use, adherence to speed limits, and avoidance of impairments.  This hands-on, closed course 4.5hr course will not only significantly reduce their likelihood of crashing but also empower these ambassadors to promote safe driving skills within the community, thereby creating a safer driving culture.

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Our traffic department and/or School Resource Officers will work with Safe Roads Alliance (SRA) and school administrators or afterschool directors to bring the Kids Speaking Up for Road Safety program to at least one elementary school/afterschool program in our community. This 45 minute program will be brought to up to 500 students in grades 2-6 during a week in the school calendar. The SRO can work with SRA staff to deliver the program to students in assemblies or classrooms, totaling approximately 5 hours. Reaching this population will meet our goal of increasing awareness of distracted driving dangers, reducing the prevalence of adults who drive their kids while distracted, increasing seat belt usage, and reducing crashes overall.
To reduce speeding, impaired driving (drugs, alcohol, distracted and drowsy) and encourage seat belt use.  School resource officers will coordinate with High School and In Control Family Foundation to present to parent groups and administrators on their community visit program.  We will host at least two days of community visits in partnership with In Control.  YTD our city/town has seen ___ teen crashes and issued citations to ___ JOL drivers   Accomplishing this goal would include reducing the number of crashes and citations issued by _____ %

To reduce speeding, impaired driving (drugs, alchohol, distracted and drowsy) and encourage seat belt use, the department will invite ___ drivers of all ages to participate in In Control Family Foundation’s Crash Prevention 101 course.  In partnership with In Control, we will promote safe driving and their training through social media, community presentations and any traditional media opportunities.  We will initially target young, inexperienced drivers and older drivers through the high school(s) and senior centers/council on aging.   YTD, our city/town has seen ____ crashes and issued _____ citations for speeding, ______ citations for distractions, and has had ______ impairment-related arrests.  Accomplishing our goal would include reducing the number of crashes by _____%, impairment-related arrests by _____%, and citations by _____%
 

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The Kids Speaking Up for Road Safety program will be delivered to students in grades 2-6 in the classroom or in an assembly. We will work with SRA and the school administration (or after-school program directors) to schedule the 45-minute program during the school year. Through an interactive PowerPoint and discussion-rich presentation, students will come away with a formula they can use to speak up if they see a parent or other adult driving distracted. Take-home materials will be given to each student to facilitate a conversation with their families about distracted driving and about driving safety in general. Lastly, the presentation will cover the importance of wearing seatbelts, why kids need to ride in the backseat until age 13, and taking responsibility for their own actions as passengers that might distract the driver. Reaching this population will meet our goal of increasing awareness of distracted driving dangers, reducing the prevalence of adults who drive their kids while distracted, increasing seat belt usage, and reducing crashes overall.

Crash Prevention 101 training, offered by nonprofit contractor In Control Family Foundation, will be offered throughout the grant period to teens, seniors, and drivers of all ages in our community. Their program teaches drivers to avoid crashes in real-world situations. We will initially focus on offering this training to teen operators, as they have the highest crash rates, but we plan to distribute it to a wider audience in our community as well.  This will help us meet our goal to have fewer crashes, reduce drivers operating while impaired, decrease speeding, and improve seat belt use.

Conduct four days of Community Visits from nonprofit/contractor In Control Family Foundation, working with multiple schools in our community and during a town event. This experiential learning program exposes drivers and future drivers to justifications for reducing speeds, wearing seatbelts, and avoiding impairments.  Reaching this teen population will help us meet our goal to have fewer crashes, reduce drivers operating while impaired, decrease speeding, and improve seat belt use.

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Non-Enforcement Safety Activity - Safe Roads Alliance’s KSU program will cost $2,000 for the first school of 500 or fewer students. Each additional school (of 500 or fewer students) will cost $1,000. This cost will cover the delivery of the program via assembly or a teacher training for school staff who will deliver the program in the classroom. This cost includes SRA meetings with our department, the school administrators/afterschool directors, coordinating dates for the presentations/training, executing the program, and supplying take-home materials for every student.
Non-Enforcement Safety Activity - In Control’s Community Visits include Three (3) visits priced at $5,000 for the first visit and $3,000 each for the additional visits.  In Control will meet with our department, school staff and any other agencies to promote and safely offer their program.  On the day of, they will provide instructors and supplies necessary to interact with potentially hundreds of students, staff and community members with their program.
Non-Enforcement Safety Activity - In Control Crash Prevention 101 for 20 community members is priced at $275 each and allows those drivers to attend In Control’s 4.5hr training at any In Control facility it is being offered at.
Non-Enforcement Safety Activity - In Control Crash Prevention 101 for 75 community members is priced at $260 each and allows those drivers to attend In Control’s 4.5hr training at any In Control facility it is being offered at.
Non-Enforcement Safety Activity - In Control Crash Prevention 101 for 250 community members is priced at $250 each and allows those drivers to attend In Control’s 4.5hr training at any In Control facility it is being offered at.

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