December 2006

Dear Traffic Safety Professional:

The California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) is pleased to announce traffic safety grant opportunities for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2008. OTS awards federal funding on a competitive basis to state and local political subdivisions of the state. The FFY 2008 OTS Proposal Package below contains all instructions and forms.

OTS provides funding assistance to agencies with the greatest need. Therefore, a comprehensive evaluation is part of the proposal review process. OTS evaluates proposals using several criteria, including potential traffic safety impact of proposed activities; collision statistics and rankings; seriousness of identified problems; performance on previous grants; proportionality of funding requested with identified traffic safety problem(s); and the value of the funding requested for the proposed activities.

The grant funding cycle begins with this solicitation. Your response to OTS must be postmarked by January 31, 2007. Grant funds become available to successful applicants on October 1, 2007, which is the beginning of the 2008 federal fiscal year.

If your question is not answered with the information in the proposal package, please do not hesitate to contact your Regional Coordinator (a contact list is included in the proposal package). We hope you are able to take advantage of this funding opportunity to make traveling on California’s roadways safer.

Sincerely,

CHRISTOPHER J. MURPHY
Director