State Process for Informing Consumers of Recalls | 693JJ923R000206

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The State Process for Informing Consumers of Recalls grant (Funding Opportunity No. 693JJ923R000206) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Its central goal is to help state governments build and put into practice a consistent, workable way to notify drivers about open motor vehicle safety recalls at a moment when states already have direct contact with vehicle owners and lessees: the vehicle registration process. In practical terms, the grant is meant to help states connect registration transactions with recall status checks so that people are alerted to unresolved recalls tied to their vehicles and can take steps to get those repairs completed.

The program is aimed specifically at eligible departments or offices within the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, with eligibility listed under state governments. The funded work focuses on three major pieces that together form a full notification program. First, states are expected to develop a methodology for determining whether a vehicle has an open recall, which usually implies designing or improving processes to look up recall status reliably (often using vehicle identifiers) and integrate that information into state workflows. Second, states must establish a method for informing vehicle owners and lessees of those open recalls when the vehicle is presented for registration, meaning the program is built around delivering recall information at the point of service, whether registration occurs online, by mail, or in person. Third, the grant supports evaluation of the program by analyzing completed recalls to assess how well the notification process is performing, with an emphasis on measuring results rather than simply building the capability.

A key requirement is that award recipients must actually run the notification program for a two-year implementation period and then evaluate the results. This two-year operational window is significant because it pushes the effort beyond planning and pilot activity into sustained execution, giving states time to work through real-world issues like data matching, customer communications, staff procedures, system interoperability, and the public response to notifications. After that period, recipients are expected to assess performance using recall completion data, which positions the program as an outcomes-driven approach to increasing recall remedy rates and improving vehicle safety.

From the opportunity details provided, the activity category is transportation and the assistance listing is CFDA 20.614. The posting shows an award ceiling of $7,500,500. The opportunity was created on 2023-07-18 and originally closed on 2023-08-30. While the notice does not specify the number of expected awards in the provided text, the structure of the program suggests states are competing for funding to support the build-out, integration, communication methods, and evaluation efforts required to operationalize recall notifications during registration.

Overall, this grant opportunity is designed to make recall information harder to miss by weaving it into a routine, high-coverage state interaction that most vehicle owners must complete periodically. By funding both implementation and measurement, NHTSA is effectively encouraging states to not only notify consumers but also demonstrate whether those notifications translate into more completed recall repairs, which is the core safety outcome the program is trying to achieve.

• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "State Process for Informing Consumers of Recalls" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.614.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-07-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-08-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $7,500,500.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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