National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) GO Teams: Training and Technical Assistance - FY 2024
| Agency: | U.S. Department of Transportation |
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| Office: | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) |
| Multipart Grant: | No |
| Next Due: | Rolling |
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| Solicitation Date: | Rolling |
| Match Required: | No |
| Actual Funds: | Unspecified |
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to provide resources and assistance at no charge to state traffic records professionals as they work to improve their traffic records data collection, management, and analysis capabilities. Specifically, this program will provide recipients with access to small groups of one to three subject matter experts who will help them address specific traffic records issues through tailored technical assistance and training based on needs.
Projects must have a clearly delineated scope appropriate to the program; that is, a smaller-scale, short- to medium-term need. Examples of projects involving the technical assistance team include:
- Data integration: evaluate available databases and facilitate discussions between data custodians to allow sharing and integration between agencies, and suggest how integrated data could be used to identify problems and recommend and evaluate countermeasures
- Injury surveillance: facilitate discussions with data managers and help explain the importance of linking injury data with crash data, how data will be used, and address confidentiality concerns in order to move toward a data-sharing agreement or memorandum of understanding
- Driver/vehicle: help a jurisdiction improve data quality through the implementation of edit checks and other QC components
- Crash: train jurisdiction crash data collectors, processors, administrators, and users on the importance of quality crash data and how this helps to improve safety decisions
- Citation and adjudication: help develop a "law table" to interpret the local charges and help harmonize local and state statute citations so that more accurate data can be collected
- Roadway: help a jurisdiction develop an effective data governance plan for roadway data by identifying and maintaining critical data elements to create a data inventory within the Department of Transportation and with other traffic records datasets
- Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC) management and strategic planning: assist a jurisdiction TRCC with strategic planning and implementing performance measures to meet strategic planning goals
- Comprehensive data inventory: help a jurisdiction establish a process for building a comprehensive data inventory of the state’s traffic records systems
- State traffic records coordinator: support and train the jurisdiction traffic records coordinator on traffic records program requirements, TRCC management and effectiveness, and stakeholder engagement
- Crash data improvement program: evaluate the quality of crash data and provide the jurisdiction with specific recommendations to improve the quality, management, and use of that data to support safety decisions and facilitate electronic data transfer
Program Office Notes:
According to the program officer, applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
The program officer stated that applications must be emailed to the applicable regional program manager.
According to the program officer, applicants may contact the applicable regional program manager prior to application submission to help inform the application, but this is not required.
The program officer provided the required application form for this program, which is attached as the Application file.
The program officer confirmed that the brochure for this program, attached as part of the NOFA file, is up to date and applicable to this program.
Last Updated: March 26, 2024
Eligibility Notes:
Eligible applicants are states.
Eligible Applicants:
State GovernmentApplication Notes:
According to the program officer, applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
According to the program officer, applicants may contact the applicable regional program manager prior to application submission to help inform the application, but this is not required.
The program officer stated that applications must be emailed to the applicable regional program manager.
Information regarding regional offices can be found online at www.nhtsa.gov.
Applications must include:
- Detailed description of the technical problem that needs to be addressed
- Description of the specific technical assistance being requested
- Description of current and past efforts to address this problem
- Explanation of how the project fits into the Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC)'s strategic plan
- Anticipated improvements that the technical assistance team is likely to provide to the traffic records data systems
- Contact information of the jurisdiction officials who will be tasked to work with the GO Team
Refer to the NOFA and Application files for additional application information.
| Match Required: | No |
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| Actual Funds: | Unspecified |
Match Notes:
There are no stated matching requirements for this program.
Funding Notes:
Rather than providing monetary awards, this program will allow award recipients to have access to subject matter experts who will help address specific traffic records issues by delivering tailored technical assistance and training based on needs.
Contacts:
Program Staff
trafficrecordsteam@dot.gov
Agency Address
U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20590
Contact Notes:
Questions should be directed to the program staff.
The program officer stated that applications must be emailed to the applicable regional program manager.
Information regarding regional offices can be found online at www.nhtsa.gov.
The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.
Files:
NOFA File: US17570_NOFA_FY2024.pdf (340.5 Kb)Application File: US17570_Application_FY2024.docx (88.1 Kb)
File Notes:
The NOFA file contains detailed program information and application guidelines. The Application file contains the required form for submission.
The program officer provided the required application form for this program, which is attached as the Application file.
The program officer confirmed that the brochure for this program, attached as part of the NOFA file, is up to date and applicable to this program.
March 26, 2024
The program officer provided additional information regarding the application process for this program. The Application section has been updated accordingly.
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Training & Vocational ServicesInformation Technology/Telecommunications
Transportation