TEA-21 State Highway Safety Programs

Section 2003b Child Passenger Protection Education Grants


History and Administration

Section 2003b, the Child Passenger Protection Education Grant Program, was authorized under the Transportation Efficiency Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21). Congress originally authorized this program only in FY 2000 and FY 2001 but extended funding for another year as part of the FY 2002 appropriations legislation. The program is administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at the federal level and the State Highway Safety Offices (SHSO) at the state level.

Purpose

The program provides grants to encourage states to implement child passenger protection, education and training programs.

Requirements

To qualify for a grant a state must:

  1. Prevent deaths and injuries to children
  2. Educate the public concerning all aspects of the proper installation of child restraints; appropriate child restraint design, selection and placement and harness threading and harness adjustment on child restraints
  3. Ttrain and retrain child passenger safety professionals, police officers, fire and emergency medical personnel and other educators concerning all aspects of child restraint use.

Funds can be used for the prevention of deaths and injuries to children, child passenger safety education or child passenger safety training.

Funding

Current and Previous Fiscal Year Funding Levels >>