2009 "Next Generation" Click It or Ticket
Seatbelt Mini-Grants

October 1, 2008 to September 8, 2009

Key Traffic Safety Center Contact Info: NextGenCIOT@berkeley.edu Irene Kan: (510) 643-5766 Mailing address for signed applications: "Next Generation" Click It or Ticket University of California Berkeley-Traffic Safety Center 2614 Dwight Way, MC # 7374 Berkeley, CA 94720-7374 Go here for forms and info for the 2008 CIOT Program.

California is launching a new, "Next Generation" Click it or Ticket program for 2008-2009. Next Generation will start with a highly publicized seatbelt enforcement mobilization November 17-30, 2008. A second mobilization will occur May 18-31, 2009. To promote sustained enforcement, Next Generation mini-grantees will conduct one to four days or nights of intensified seatbelt enforcement each month outside the mobilization periods.

About the Mini-Grants The Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), is funding the "Next Generation" Click It or Ticket (Next Generation) campaign through mini-grants. The University of California Berkeley Traffic Safety Center (TSC) will administer and coordinate the mini-grants for OTS. Grant funds are awarded on a competitive basis using several criteria, including the number of unbelted vehicle occupants killed in crashes in 2007 and the value of the funding requested for the proposed activities. Awards will be made subject to OTS approval. MORE...

PERIOD FOR MINI-GRANTS. The mini-grant period is October 1, 2008 to September 8, 2009.

Agencies That Qualify Contract cities, sheriff's departments, police departments, airport police departments, and University of California/California State University/junior college law enforcement agencies are eligible for funding. Note: Only agencies in compliance with the Federal Single Audit Act may be awarded mini-grants. Agencies can check their compliance status with their city finance department to avoid delays or problems in receiving a mini-grant.

What Costs the Mini-Grant Covers A mini-grant covers actual overtime costs for supervisors (e.g. sergeants, corporals) officers/deputies, dispatchers, and administrative personnel (e.g. community services officers, finance and clerical personnel). Supervisors and officers/deputies must be assigned solely to seatbelt enforcement duties. Dispatchers must be assigned solely to the enforcement overtime shifts. The CSO, finance and clerical personnel must be assigned solely to mini-grant administrative duties.

Operational Requirements Grantees are required to:

1. In November 2008, conduct a seatbelt enforcement campaign during the state mobilization period, November 17-30, 2008.
2. In May 2009, conduct a seatbelt enforcement campaign during the national mobilization period, May 18-31, 2009.
3. Conduct a minimum of one and a maximum of four enforcement efforts IN EACH OF THE REMAINING MONTHS OF THE GRANT PERIOD ("outside mobilization months"), starting December 2008.
4. Conduct pre- and post-operational seatbelt compliance surveys for each of the two mobilization periods. Personnel time and any costs incurred to conduct the surveys will be considered as the agency’s contribution to the mini-grant and will not be reimbursed.
5. Report statistics for all enforcements.
6. Ensure that officers and administrative personnel who participate in the enforcement activities receive occupant protection roll call training (to ensure familiarity with the California Vehicle Code provisions).
7. Prepare claims in accordance with grant requirements, e.g., provide the required supporting documentation.
8. Submit a complete (with required supporting documentation) final claim by October 15, 2009.

At what times of day or night may enforcement efforts be conducted? A seatbelt enforcement effort may be conducted during daylight hours or at night in well-lit areas where the wearing (or not wearing) of seatbelts by vehicle occupants can be observed by officers. Logistics and staffing are up to the agency (e.g., an agency may elect to conduct a night enforcement from 9-11 p.m. in the summer and 6-10 p.m. in the winter). Night enforcements are encouraged by NHTSA and OTS. More...

What are the dates for the 2008-2009 mobilization periods?
November 17-30, 2008, and May 18-31, 2009

Promotion Requirements Grantees are required to issue a press release prior to each of the mobilization periods and for each outside mobilization month. The press releases emphasize the importance of using occupant restraint systems and announce the seatbelt enforcement activities. OTS press release templates will be provided.

Deadline to Apply The application must be received no later than August 7, 2008.

1. Online. You can go to the online application form here. (You must use Internet Explorer.) You will be guided through an online application, which will perform calculations for you. Your application date is the date you complete and submit the online form. Print, sign, and mail the application to the address below.
2. Offline. You can download the application as a PDF here, print it, fill it out, sign it and mail it to the TSC, postmarked no later than August 7, 2008. For best results, use Acrobat Reader®.

Mail your signed application to:
"Next Generation" Click It or Ticket
University of California Berkeley Traffic Safety Center
2614 Dwight Way, MC # 7374
Berkeley, CA 94720-7374
Email confirmations of receipt of application will be provided.

"Next Generation" Click It or Ticket Timeline
August 7, 2008	On-line and mailed applications due to UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center (TSC). TSC confirms receipt of application.
August 8-31, 2008	TSC and OTS review the applications and make the award decisions.
September 1, 2008	Award letters and grant documents are emailed to agencies who were awarded a mini-grant (termed grantees).
September 1-15, 2008	Grantees sign grant documents and send them to TSC. TSC must receive the grantee-signed documents to issue a purchase order.
September 15-30, 2008	TSC emails a copy of the signed grant document and a purchase order to the grantee.
October 2008	TSC provides pre-operational training throughout California.
November 17-30, 2008	"Next Generation" Mobilization Period.
May 18-31, 2009	"Next Generation" Mobilization Period.
Outside Mobilization Months	The outside mobilization months are: December, January, February, March, April, June, July, August, and September. Enforcements in September 2009 must be conducted before September 8, 2009 to ensure that the final claim is submitted to TSC in time for processing.
May 15, 2009	Deadline for submitting a claim for costs from November 17, 2008 through March 31, 2009.
September 7, 2009	Last date on which a mini-grant-funded enforcement may be conducted.
October 15, 2009	Deadline for submitting a claim for costs from April 1 through September 7, 2009. Claims submitted after this date and claims where supporting documentation is not complete by this date may not be processed.