Community Safety Strengthening Grant

Community Safety Strengthening Grant is sponsored by Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) (implied). This grant program in Indiana aims to achieve specific outcomes that align with the state's needs and challenges in community safety.

CJI: Traffic Safety: CHIRP Grant Comprehensive Highway Injury Reduction Program (CHIRP) Grant The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) Traffic Safety Division (TSD) is seeking proposals for the Comprehensive Highway Injury Reduction Program (CHIRP). CHIRP provides federal funding to support traffic safety projects.

CHIRP incorporates efforts to improve occupant restraint use, reduce speeding, enforce impaired driving laws, support pedestrian safety, educate the public on traffic safety, and encourage collaboration at the local level as a comprehensive strategy.

There are five grant projects under CHIRP: Click It to Live It (CITLI) – Project period: 10/01/26 - 9/30/27 Driving Under the Influence Enforcement (DUIE) – Project period: 10/01/26 - 9/30/27 Stop Arm Violation Enforcement Project (SAVE) – Project period: 10/01/26 – 09/30/27 Motorcycle High Visibility Awareness Project (MC-HVA) – Project period: 10/01/26 - 9/30/27 Non-Motorist Safety (Ped-Bike) Project – Project period: 10/01/26 - 9/30/27 State agencies, units of local government, and units of tribal government are eligible to apply for CHIRP funding.

A unit of local government is defined as: a city, county, town, township, or other political subdivision of a state; any law enforcement district or judicial enforcement district that is established under applicable state law and has authority to, in a manner independent of other state entities, establish a budget and impose taxes; and includes Indian tribes which perform law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

Traffic Safety Partnerships (TSP) are also eligible to apply. The award period for this grant shall be October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027. All projects must conclude, and all funding obligations must be made, no later than September 30, 2027.

All outstanding expenses must be paid, and the Final Fiscal Report must be submitted via IntelliGrants within thirty (30) days of September 30, 2027. Proof of payment for all expenses must be provided in the Final Fiscal Report. Any expenses that have not been paid within thirty (30) days of September 30, 2027, will not be reimbursed.

This is a reimbursement grant. For CITLI Enforcement Projects Only: There are four mandatory NHTSA mobilization periods. Enforcement details are for overtime reimbursement only.

The enforcement overtime rate for officers must be based on the agency’s overtime policy. See RFP for specific details. CHIRP funds shall be used for overtime enforcement hours and administrative overtime hours for the grant only.

Be verifiable from the subrecipient’s records; Not be included as contributions for any other federal award; Be necessary and reasonable for the accomplishment of the project or program objectives; Be allowable under 2 C. F. R.

200. 306; Not be paid by the federal government under another Federal award, except where authorized by federal statute; Conform to all other provisions of 2 C. F.

R. Part 200. Match sources for instructional time or personnel time can be personnel salary and/or mileage.

Match can be calculated by using the Federal Share (award) divided by the percentage of Total Project Cost minus Federal Share. EXAMPLE: With a match of 20%, and Federal share of 80%, a $250,000 Federal grant award match is as follows: $250,000 divided by 80% = $312,500 $312,500 minus $250,000 = $62,500 The 20% local share is $62,500. Match is restricted to the same use of funds as allowed for federal funds.

If an expenditure is not allowable with federal funds, it is not allowable with match funds. Applicants must identify all sources of the non-federal portion of the total project costs (i.e., match funds), and applicants must explain how the match funds will be used in the budget narrative section of the application within IntelliGrants.

2 CFR Part 200 and NHTSA guidelines set forth monitoring requirements whereby the state must establish and carry out a process of assessing the progress of projects and programs that are funded, in whole or in part, by federal funds. Grant monitoring measures both financial and programmatic progress and allows the TSD to provide technical assistance, measure subrecipient compliance, and provide results-based feedback to subrecipients.

The TSD will monitor grant programs based on the award amount and/or risk assessment. The TSD will conduct desk or on-site monitoring reviews of the project or program during the term of the grant period and for up to three (3) years after it expires or is otherwise terminated. All documentation related to the grant shall be provided to the state, upon request, at no cost.

If the subrecipient fails to comply or cooperate with the state’s monitoring process, the state may consider such non-cooperation as a material breach of the grant agreement, and the grant may be terminated. Delinquent, inaccurate, incomplete, and/or fraudulent programmatic and fiscal reports will be considered a material breach of the grant agreement.

TSD’s remedies include, but are not limited to, identifying the subrecipient as high risk, de-obligating funding, termination of the CHIRP grantees are required to submit fiscal and programmatic reports using IntelliGrants. Monthly reporting is due on the last day of each month, and quarterly reports are required to be completed by each agency based on the schedule outlined in the "Reports Section" of the Request for Proposal.

IntelliGrants & OPO database Program Report Documentation The following documentation must be included with each program report submitted into the IntelliGrants system: Pre-enforcement media, using only TSD-approved language. Program Totals report from the OPO Database . Pre & Post Seatbelt Survey Totals (Safe Family Travels and Click It or Ticket Only).

Fiscal Report Documentation The following documentation must be included with each fiscal report submitted into the IntelliGrants system. If no performance was completed during the reporting period, marked items must still be included. Personnel Detail report from the OPO Database .

Administrative log (if admin time is applicable). Signed Officer Activity Sheets. For assistance with the CHIRP grant, please contact your regional Law Enforcement Liaison.

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