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A boy in a booster seat

Section 2011 Child Safety and Child Booster
Seat Incentive Grants

All State Highway Safety Grant Programs

History and Administration

The Section 2011 Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Incentive Grant grant program was authorized under SAFETEA-LU. It is administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at the federal level and the State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) at the state level.

Purpose

This grant program encourages states to enact and enforce booster seat laws.

Requirements

A state is eligible for a grant if it has enacted and is enforcing a law requiring children too large for a child safety seat to be secured in a restraint that meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for children 50 pounds and above. States must satisfy a maintenance of effort requirement and must submit a report specifying how the grant funds will be expended. Not more than half of the funding can be used to purchase and distribute child restraints to low income families. The remaining funds can be used for child passenger safety training, enforcement of child restraint laws and education programs about the proper use and installation of child restraints.

Funding

SAFETEA-LU authorizes the Section 2011 program at at $6 million each year for FY 2006 - FY 2008 and $7 million for FY 2009.

Total dollar amounts allocated for this program are shown below. Click on a column header to see all federal highway safety funding for that fiscal year.

State
Ala.            
Alaska       92,185 81,337 78,399
A.S.            
Ariz.            
Ark.            
Calif.            
Colo.           252,868
Conn.            
Del.   143,709 101,549 92,185 81,337 78,399
D.C. 196,063 143,709 101,549 92,185 81,337 78,399
Fla.            
Ga.            
Guam            
Hawaii     101,549 92,185 81,337 78,399
Idaho            
Ill.     810,381 735,655 649,083 625,636
Indian
Ntns.
           
Ind.       389,474 343,641 331,228
Iowa            
Kan.   431,479 304,895 276,781 244,209 235,387
Ky.            
La.            
Maine 196,063 143,709 101,549 92,185 81,337 78,399
Md.     310,526 281,893 248,719 239,734
Mass.     370,634 336,457 296,863 286,139
Mich.       601,112 530,373 511,214
Minn.       378,312    
Miss.            
Mo. 852,790 625,076 441,697 400,968 353,782 341,002
Mont.            
Neb.            
Nev.            
N.H.            
N.J. 922,703 676,320 477,908 433,840 382,785 368,957
N.M.            
N.Y.            
N.C.   763,380 539,427 489,686 432,059 416,452
N.D.            
M.P.            
Ohio            
Okla.            
Ore.   366,069 258,676 234,823 207,189 199,704
Pa.            
P.R.            
R.I.       92,185 81,337 78,399
S.C.            
S.D.            
Tenn.   568,101 401,437 364,420 321,535 309,920
Texas         1,157,552 1,115,737
Utah     167,130 151,718 133,864 129,028
Vt. 196,063 143,709 101,549 92,185 81,337 78,399
V.I.            
Va.   639,405 451,823 410,160 361,892 348,819
Wash.   571,065 403,531 366,321 323,213 311,536
W.Va. 268,021 196,453 138,822 126,019 111,189 107,172
Wis   587,816 415,368 377,066 332,693 320,674
Wy.            
Total $ 2,631,703 6,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000
Total States 5 + D.C. 13 + DC 18 + D.C. 23 + D.C. 23 + D.C. 24 + D.C.