Coastal Georgia Center for Driver Safety grant renewed for FY25
Savannah, GA – The Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) has renewed Savannah Technical College’s grant ($190,638.72) for the fifth year (FY25) to operate the Coastal Georgia Center for Driver Safety.
Grant funds will continue to provide distracted and impaired driver prevention education for youth, young adults, and parents in Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty counties. These activities include community- and school-based workshops, virtual reality simulation education, and social media messaging.
“Part of the GOHS mission is to assist in the implementation of programs and campaigns designed to prevent crashes and eliminate traffic deaths on our roads,” said Allen Poole, director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. “GOHS will continue to develop new partnerships and continue existing ones in order to create, refine, and implement safety programs designed to help our state and nation reach our goal of zero traffic deaths.”
The Coastal Georgia Center for Driver Safety partnered with the SCCPSS, and colleges, attended resource fairs, and spent more time networking to reach nearly 20,000 high school students and their parents in FY24. The Center also continued its outreach by distributing traffic safety materials, using Fatal Vision kits to share the dangers of distracted, drowsy, and impaired driving and sharing monthly media campaigns about the dangers of distracted driving and impaired driving with a focus on young adult drivers in FY24.
The top five dangers for younger drivers include distractions like cell phones and passengers; driving at night (drowsiness); speeding and street racing; not wearing seat belts; and impairments like underage drinking and drugs.
The Coastal Georgia Center for Driver Safety builds on Savannah Technical College’s stellar driver’s education program and utilizes grant funding for distracted driver education and alcohol-impaired driving prevention. It serves youth, young adults, and parents in Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty Counties.
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Savannah Technical College serves Coastal Georgia with quality, market-driven technical education with campus locations in Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty Counties. Serving more than 10,000 credit and non-credit students annually, Savannah Tech offers nearly 150 different instructional programs in Aviation Technology, Business & Technology, General Education, Health Sciences, Industrial Technology, and Public Services in addition to Adult Education classes, industry-specific training and continuing education. The College serves as an economic and community development partner for the region, offering corporate and customized training and assessment programs for business and industry.
Savannah Technical College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate degrees, diplomas and technical certificates of credit. Questions about the accreditation of Savannah Technical College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).