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Focusing HSP Grant Applications - Maryland

Original publication: SHSP Implementation Process Model, Supplement Number 1 – Case Studies; FHWA-SA-10-025; 2010 (PDF, 1MB)

Publication Year: 2010


Key Accomplishments

  • Directly linked the behavioral HSP of the SHSO to the SHSP.
  • Raised awareness of State and local level grantees of the need to implement projects targeting established SHSP goals and objectives.

The Maryland Highway Safety Office (MHSO) recognized the need to institutionalize the link between the Highway Safety Plan (HSP) and the SHSP through the grant application process. Each year the MHSO conducts grant application seminars for prospective grantees for the upcoming fiscal year. During the seminars, the MHSO Director and other presenters instruct attendees to relate their applications directly to the emphasis areas, strategies, and action steps in the SHSP.

The MHSO provides potential grantees with materials to support linking grant applications with the SHSP. Each seminar attendee receives a copy of the SHSP objectives and emphasis areas and a full copy of the SHSP on CD. In the grant application software a pop-up was added to remind grantees that programs should be directly related to the SHSP; this pop-up appears every time the grantee enters information about an objective or activity.

MHSO program coordinators prescreen grant applications before a project is submitted to the final grant review team. Among other criteria, program coordinators evaluate each application on how it relates to the SHSP.

Results

In the first year after instituting the new process, the MHSO has seen a concerted effort by grantees to ensure projects are within the scope of the SHSP.

Contact:
Vern Betkey
Chief
Maryland Highway Safety Office
410-787-5824
vbetkey@sha.state.md.us

Publication Year: 2010

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