Traffic Safety Grants

These include Impaired Driving, Aggressive Driving, Distracted Driving, Occupant Protection, Bicycle Safety, Pedestrian Safety, Motorcycle Safety, Youthful Drivers, Emergency Medical Services and Traffic Records. 

Grants may be awarded for assisting OHS in targeting traffic safety deficiencies, expansion of an ongoing activity, or development of a new program or intervention. We recommend downloading the OHS Grant Procedure Manual (PDF). 

FY27 Year-Long Grant Application – Available Now!

Fiscal year: October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Office of Highway Safety will accept year-long grant applications through 5:00 p.m. MST on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026.

Application submittal by email or US mail

• Email: ohsgrants@itd.idaho.gov
• US Mail: ITD Office of Highway Safety, PO Box 7129, Boise ID 83707-1129
• Applications accepted through 5:00 p.m. MST on Feb. 27, 2026

Grant Opportunities

Fiscal Year Grants

The Office of Highway Safety offers traffic safety grants that run on the fiscal year, Oct. 1, – Sept. 30. Local community partners can apply for these grants during the application period, which is open from January to February of the same year. All applicants must provide a traffic safety problem identification with crash data to be eligible. To be notified when the application period opens or to receive an application, contact ohsweb@itd.idaho.gov.

Mini Grants and Mobilization Requests 

The Office of Highway Safety also offers short-term grants throughout the fiscal year. Law enforcement agencies can apply to participate in the statewide High Visibility Enforcement mobilizations and apply for mini-grants for additional traffic enforcement, equipment, and e-citation equipment funding.

Highway safety partner organizations may also apply for traffic safety mini-grants throughout the year. All applicants must provide a traffic safety problem identification with crash data to be eligible for a mini-grant. Mobilization and mini-grant applicants will need to submit the following documents: 

Traffic Safety Problem Identification

A “traffic safety problem” is an identifiable subgroup of drivers, pedestrians, vehicles, or roadways with a statistically higher collision experience than normal expectations. Problem identification involves studying relationships between collisions and the population, licensed drivers, registered vehicles, and vehicle miles traveled, as well as characteristics of specific subgroups that may contribute to collisions. 

The process used to identify traffic safety problems began initially by evaluating Idaho’s experience in each of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) eight highway safety priority areas. These were program areas determined by NHTSA to be most effective in reducing motor vehicle collisions, injuries, and deaths. Consideration for other potential traffic safety problem areas came from analyzing Idaho collision data, suggestions from Idaho Traffic Safety Commission (ITSC) members, suggestions by Office of Highway Safety staff, and by researching issues identified by other states. All traffic safety problems must be validated with supporting data, and there must be an effective countermeasure to address the problem that is eligible for Federal highway safety funds.

The traffic safety problem areas that have been identified and are currently being addressed are: Aggressive Driving, Occupant Protection, Impaired Driving, Distracted Driving, Youthful Drivers, Pedestrian Safety, Bicycle Safety, Motorcycle Safety, Traffic Records, and Emergency Medical Services.