Central Coalition for Roadway Safety’s Community Grants

The Central Coalition for Roadway Safety Community Outreach Grant is administered through the Missouri Department of Transportation and the Central Coalition for Roadway Safety, one of seven regions of the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety. The Central Coalition consists of individuals and agencies throughout central Missouri working to save lives and reduce serious injuries resulting from traffic crashes. The program supports roadway safety activities within an eighteen county central Missouri service area and is connected to the Show-Me Zero strategic highway safety plan. Community Outreach Grant funding is available to agencies, businesses, organizations, and other eligible groups that need resources to further promote roadway safety. Engineering solutions are specifically excluded from consideration. Proposed projects must address at least one Safe System Element identified in Show-Me Zero: Safer People, Safer Vehicles, Safer Speeds, Safer Infrastructure, or Safer Response. Applicants must also identify the strategy used by the project, with application choices including Education, Emergency Medical Services, Enforcement, Technology, and Public Policy or Other. Projects may operate across multiple counties, countywide, or citywide and may be one time events, ongoing activities, or extended projects completed within the fiscal year. Eligibility is geographically restricted to organizations based in one of the eighteen counties covered by the Central Region: Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Howard, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski, and Washington. The program materials identify law enforcement, health departments, community groups, businesses, nonprofits, organizations, and similar entities as potential applicants. Engineering projects are not eligible. Special funding limitations apply to certain activities. Project Graduation and alternative prom events can receive up to 200 dollars in grant funds and 100 dollars in giveaway incentives, while school docudramas demonstrating the effects of distracted driving, impaired driving, and riding unbelted can request up to 700 dollars. The 2025 program announcement stated a general maximum award of 5000 dollars, but the current FY 2027 application does not restate that overall maximum. The application is submitted through the Missouri Department of Transportation Central Region online Grant Funding Application. Applicants provide contact and organization information and identify the Safe System Elements, strategies, geographic scope, project duration, estimated number of people directly affected, and total funds requested. Narrative sections require applicants to identify the roadway safety problem and explain how they know it is a problem, clearly state the project goal and activities, identify participating agencies or responsible parties and estimated timeframes, describe intended results and how success will be measured, and provide the total project budget with all costs. Applicants anticipating local match resources are instructed to list in kind services, donations, personnel, or other local contributions in the project budget. The source does not state that such a match is mandatory. Law enforcement applicants requesting equipment or checkpoints must indicate whether they applied for Missouri Highway Safety Grant funds. Law enforcement agencies receiving Coalition funds must participate in and submit the Department of Revenue Alcohol Influence Report and participate in the Missouri State Highway Patrol repository for the DWI tracking system. Applicants must certify that the submitted information is true and accurate, agree to use awarded funds as proposed and approved, and provide requested documentation concerning the use of funds and project outcomes. Recipients also agree to make every effort to participate in Central Region Coalition or subregion meetings or serve as community or school liaisons supporting Coalition information and activities. Prepared by and authorized by signatures, titles, and dates are required. For FY 2027, Community Outreach funding is actively pursued from August 17 through the end of September 2026. Requests submitted outside that period may still be considered on a case by case basis, so the stated active solicitation window is treated as ending September 30, 2026 rather than as a continuously rolling program. The existence of the FY 2027 solicitation together with the supplied 2025 Central Coalition community grant announcement supports treating the opportunity as recurring, although the source does not explicitly promise an annual schedule. Based on the current opening month, the next anticipated cycle is August 2027 and should be verified when the next solicitation is published. Questions and reasonable accommodation requests may be directed to cdcoalition@modot.mo.gov. The Missouri Department of Transportation also lists 1-888-ASK-MODOT, or 1-888-275-6636, as its general contact number.

Connect the project directly to at least one Show-Me Zero Safe System Element. Clearly establish the roadway safety problem and explain the evidence showing it is a problem. State a specific goal, identify the tasks and responsible parties, and provide estimated timeframes where known. Define measurable results and explain how project success will be determined. Provide all project costs and identify any anticipated local contributions.