[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6882-6883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3932]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Criteria and Application Process for the Secretary of
Transportation's Community Partnership Awards
AGENCY: DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) announces procedures
and guidelines for nominating community programs to receive the
Secretary of Transportation's Community Partnership Awards. These
annual awards will recognize exceptional community partnerships that
have implemented innovative transportation-related safety programs in
their communities.
DEADLINE DATE: Applications for the Secretary of Transportation's
Community Partnership Awards must be postmarked on or before April 19,
1996.
MAILING ADDRESSES: Applications and all documents are to be submitted
to: Military Assistant to the Secretary, Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Room 10200,
Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Diane Wigle, Special Assistant to
the Secretary, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street S.W., Room 10200, Washington, DC
20590, (202) 366-9361.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This Notice solicits nominations for the Secretary of
Transportation's Community Partnership Awards and provides relevant
information on the application and selection process. This award
program recognizes exceptional community programs which have
successfully implemented innovative programs to improve transportation
safety.
Purpose
Transportation safety begins at home. Be it a parent securing a
child in a safety seat or a bike helmet or a child reminding a car
operator to buckle-up, those safe behaviors are carried out by
individuals across the nation millions of times each day. It has been
shown time and again that the way to instill safe behavior in people is
to reach them through community programs and activities. One of the
most significant developments in the fight to reduce transportation-
related deaths, injuries and their costs is the emergence of local
coalitions and programs addressing a community's transportation safety
problems. The Secretary of Transportation has established the Secretary
of Transportation's Community Partnership Awards to recognize and honor
outstanding community transportation safety programs because of the
important and vital role they play in keeping Americans safe each time
they travel.
Award Categories
Four (4) awards will be presented in the following three (3)
categories:
Child Transportation Safety--One award will be presented
to recognize an
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exemplary community program partnership which addresses transportation
safety issues involving children under the age of 16.
Transportation Safety--Two awards will be made in this
category to recognize community program partnerships addressing
identified or potential transportation safety problems. One award, of
the two, will recognize a program addressing multimodal transportation
safety issues. Multimodal issues include traffic (bicycle, pedestrian,
and roadway) boating, transit, railroad, aviation, pipeline,
transportation of hazardous materials, and motor carrier safety issues;
and
Safe Communities--One award will be presented to a ``Safe
Community'' program. In addition to transportation-related injuries, a
Safe Community program addresses other types of injury such as: falls
and those related to sports, occupation, and violence. This award will
be made to a community transportation safety program that has shown
innovation in moving toward this comprehensive injury prevention
approach, has included a broad array of partners (including both
traditional transportation partners and new partners from the health,
medical, and business communities) and is focused on reducing injuries
and associated costs.
Presentation of Awards
Recipients will receive an award and letter of commendation from
the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. In addition, each recipient will
be featured in an awards publication designed to share each program's
success story as an illustration of creative solutions used to build
safer and healthier communities. Awards will be presented at a special
luncheon program during the Department of Transportation's ``Moving
Kids Safely '96: Building Safe Communities,'' child safety conference
to be held June 9-12, 1996 in Vienna, Virginia.
Further information about the award ceremony will be provided once
the award recipients have been selected and notified. For further
information about the conference, please call 1-800-784-1215.
Application Process
Attach a cover sheet stating the program's name, address, telephone
and fax number, and contact person. A program may only be nominated in
one award category; please specify on the cover sheet the award
category for which the program is being nominated. To be eligible the
application must contain a brief summary statement (no longer than one
page) describing the program, how it has met the identified needs of
the community, and its impact on the community. Beginning on a separate
piece of page, please provide detailed information describing:
the community being served by the program;
the problem(s) or potential problem(s) and how they were
identified;
the program's goals, objectives, and outcomes;
program partnerships; and
how this program meets the identified transportation
safety needs of the community and how its effectiveness is measured.
Review Criteria
Nominations will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Problem Identification and Community Assessment. The
program demonstrates an understanding of the nature of the
transportation-related fatalities, injuries and non-injury incidents
within the community. This includes an understanding of the causes, the
seriousness of the injuries, the risk factors, and the costs to the
community. In addition, the program demonstrates an understanding of
the community it serves, including local resources.
Community Partnerships. The program demonstrates the
importance of partnerships in determining and solving transportation-
related safety problems by forging relationships with a variety of
stakeholders such as local government, law enforcement, emergency
medical services, hospitals, rehabilitation specialists, schools, and
businesses. If the program is multimodal, representatives of the
different transportation modes are involved.
Innovative and Comprehensive Approaches. The program
demonstrates visible community support by involving community members
in prioritizing identified problems, identifying solutions unique to
the community and implementing those solutions. It also demonstrates
unique partnerships, creative approaches for involving partners, and
solving community safety problems or potential risk situations using
multiple strategies for addressing identified problems.
Evidence of Concrete, Quantifiable Results. The program
has achieved measurable results showing the effectiveness of its
strategies in determining improvements in identified transportation
safety problems and reduction of related costs.
Program Eligibility
To be eligible, a program must be a coordinated, comprehensive
activity that addresses an identified or potential transportation-
related safety problem(s) within a community. The community being
served by the program should be defined by the applicant. Definitions
of ``community'' include the citizenry in neighborhoods, towns, cities,
villages, counties, etc. In addition, a nominated community program
must have been operational for at least one year.
Review Process
An initial review of all applications will be conducted by DOT
staff to determine completeness and compliance with the award criteria.
Applications will then be submitted to a panel of reviewers that
includes representatives from Departmental agencies, partner
organizations, and community advocacy groups. Each award category will
have a separate panel of reviewers. A numerical score will be given to
each of the criteria segments. The criteria will be weighted equally.
Entry Rules
An original and three (3) copies of the nomination must be
submitted to Commander Edward Gleason, Military Assistant to the
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation,
400 Seventh Street SW., Room 10200, Washington, DC 20590, and
postmarked on or before April 19, 1996. Delivery by certified mail is
recommended. Facsimile applications will not be accepted.
Issued this 15th day of February 1996, in Washington, DC, by:
Commander Edward Gleason, Military Assistant to the Secretary.
Edward Gleason, Commander,
Military Assistant to the Secretary .
[FR Doc. 96-3932 Filed 2-21-96; 8:45 am]
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