The Underserved Communities Traffic Safety Grant Program is available to nonprofits in Massachusetts for programs aimed at reducing motor vehicle crashes, injuries and deaths.
Donor Name: Office of Grants and Research (OGR)
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
A total of $500,000 is being made available to support 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in efforts to address critical road safety issues in underserved communities across Massachusetts.
Award Period
The grant award period will be approximately twelve months. The award period will start on or about October 1, 2024, and end on September 19, 2025. No extensions will be permitted.
Safety Areas
Applications must address one or more of the following road safety areas:
- Alcohol and/or Drug-Impaired Driving
- Bicyclist Safety
- Child Passenger Safety
- Distracted Driving
- Drowsy Driving
- Motorcyclist Safety
- Older Drivers ≥ 65 years old
- Pedestrian Safety
- Seat Belt Usage
- Speeding/Aggressive Driving
- Younger Drivers ≤ 21 years old.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization serving low-income communities in Massachusetts.
Priority will be given to applications that target environmental justice populations within their grant activities. An environmental justice population is a neighborhood where one or more of the following criteria are true per criteria developed by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA):
- The annual median household income is 65 percent or less than the statewide annual median household income
- Minorities make up 40 percent or more of the population
- 25 percent or more of households identify as speaking English less than “very well”
- Minorities make up 25 percent or more of the population and the annual median household income of the municipality in which the neighborhood is located does not exceed 150 percent of the statewide annual median household income.
For more information, visit OGR.
