XENIA — Greene County Public Health officials recently announced that the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Traffic Safety Office awarded $38,500 in federal traffic safety funding for federal fiscal year 2025 to Greene County Public Health’s Safe Communities program.
The funds are passed through OTSO from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to support the efforts of safety partners statewide and focus on traffic safety priority areas such as restraint use, impaired driving, motorcycle safety and youthful drivers.
Greene County Public Health has identified that seat belt restraint usage, impaired driving, and distracted driving is impacting the safety and welfare of the citizens of Greene County. To save lives and improve the quality of life for citizens, Greene County Public Health will use the grant funds to increase public awareness surrounding seat belt usage, impaired and distracted driving, motorcyclists, and other related issues.
“Partnerships are critical to the success of any safety effort, and we are committed to working with local partners to continue addressing traffic safety concerns in Greene County,” said Loressa Gonyer, Safe Communities coordinator.
Competitive grant proposals are accepted and reviewed by OTSO. The FFY 2025 competitive grant process solicited grant proposals from state agencies, non-profit organizations, colleges, universities, hospitals, political subdivisions, and other interested groups within selected Ohio counties and jurisdictions (based upon the number of fatal crashes).
For more information about OTSO and statewide efforts to improve safety on Ohio’s roadways, visit http://ohiohighwaysafetyoffice.ohio.gov/index.stm. For more information about the Greene County Safe Communities Coalition, contact Gonyer at [email protected] or 937-374-5655.
