The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) Traffic Safety Division (TSD) is seeking proposals for the Child Passenger Safety Training and Distribution (CPSTD) Grant.
Donor Name: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 03/31/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
CPSTD provides federal funds to support Child Passenger Safety (CPS) projects that aim to increase the proper use and distribution of child restraints.
The Child Passenger Safety Training and Distribution (CPSTD) grant is a reimbursement grant that provides funding to combat and decrease traffic-related fatalities and injuries involving children between the ages of zero (0) and fifteen (15) through proper use and installation of child restraints. The purpose of the grant is to provide a statewide training and distribution resource for a network of Child Passenger Safety Inspection Stations (CPSIS), Child Passenger Safety professionals, and Law Enforcement Officers (LEO) throughout the state. All CPSTD grants will work in collaboration with state contracted Child Passenger Safety Specialists (CPSS).
Priority Areas
The CPSTD grant provides funding to support Child Passenger Safety (CPS) projects that meet the following priority areas:
- Reduce injuries and fatalities through education and distribution of child restraint systems.
- Recruit and increase the number of Child Passenger Safety professionals throughout the state.
- Child Passenger Safety Technicians (CPST)
- Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructors (CPSTI)
- Child Passenger Safety Technicians Proxies (CPSTP)
- Provide Continuing Education Units (CEU) to retain the current Child Passenger Safety professionals statewide.
- Provide National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) CPST training curriculum.
- Provide NHTSA Car Seat Basics for Law Enforcement curriculum.
- Identify and target areas with higher than national birth rates and marriage rates.
Grant Period
October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
State agencies, units of local government, institutions of higher education, and nonprofits are eligible to apply for CPSTD funding. A unit of local government is defined as: a city, county, town, township, or other political subdivision of a state.
Additionally, all applicants awarded a grant from ICJI must agree to:
- Comply with all provisions of the grant agreement.
- Comply with all award conditions set forth in the Special Conditions.
- Submit all reports in the prescribed format and timeframes as determined by ICJI.
- Submit quarterly performance measures as listed in the Special Conditions.
- Comply with federal guidelines contained in 2 CFR Part 200.
- Comply with 23 CFR Part 1300—Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs.
For more information, visit ICJI.
