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| TITLE | Conduct the StreetSmart Program in the Corridor |
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| PROJECT CODE | 15-7C |
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| COMMITTEE | Safety |
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| YEAR FUNDED | Year 15 - FY 2007 |
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| Year 15 Budget: | $50,000 |
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| STATUS | Active |
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| DESCRIPTION |
Conduct the SAFE StreetSmart Program in the Corridor. As a result of the mid-December 2006 presentation, numerous Coalition states have requested assistance in presenting StreetSmart in their jurisdictions.
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Procurement Agency: Safety Program Track
Project Contact: Capt. Tom Martin, I-95 Corridor Coalition |
| TITLE | Conduct the StreetSmart Program in the Corridor |
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| PROJECT CODE | 15-7C |
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PROJECT DATES
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August, 2008 |
| Expected Completion: |
December, 2010 |
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| Year 15 Budget: | $50,000 |
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Seat belt usage and fatalities among teen drivers are targeted for improvement via this project. Originally presented to the I-95 Coalition at its December, 2006 Annual Meeting, and in partnership with Florida's Stay Alive From Education (SAFE) and Anheuser Busch's Awareness and Education programs, this project will analyze seat belt usage statistics and conduct StreetSmart Sessions in targeted jurisdictions throughout the Corridor.
Project activities include obtainment and analysis of pertinent data to identify prospective presentation locations; contact and coordination with the States to schedule and conduct the StreetSmart presentations; identification of and coordination with local high schools and colleges to encourage attendance including appropriate city/town/educational institution contact and coordination; DOT, law enforcement and public safety coordination; pre- and post- presentation statistical analyses, and other such activities as required to conduct the StreetSmart sessions. |
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Coalition Sponsorship of StreetSmart Teen Driving Program Begins with Florida Press Conference
Kevin Thibault, Assistant Secretary of Florida DOT and Vice Chair of the I-95 Corridor Coalition’s Executive Board, was who announced the kick-off of the Coalition’s sponsorship of the StreetSmart program. StreetSmart, presented by Stay Alive From Education, is a dramatic, gripping program taking young adults into the real-life drama experienced by firefighters/paramedics as they work to safe the lives of youth who have made poor choices when it comes to drinking or using drugs and failure to use seat belts.

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