Summary
Organization name
Impact Teen Drivers
Mission Category
Education
Operating Budget
$500,001-$1 million
Organization Need
Funding: Program, Funding: Unrestricted
Address
2210 21st St.Sacramento, CA 95818
Each year in the United States, 4,000 teens lose their lives in car crashes and an additional 400,000 are seriously injured. These 100% preventable crashes affect not only the teens involved, but entire communities- their families, friends, classmates, teammates, teachers, coaches, health professionals, and first responders. 75% of these crashes are not caused by driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but by everyday choices. Behaviors such as using a mobile device, adjusting the radio, applying makeup, or chatting with friends can become deadly when done behind the wheel of a car.
To address these far-reaching consequences, Impact Teen Drivers was founded by the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, California Teachers Association, and California Casualty in 2007 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization engage, educate, and empower teens and teen influencers on the dangers of reckless and distracted. Our vision is to create a widespread culture shift among teens and their influencers where reckless and distracted driving are recognized as unacceptable behaviors and outside of the norm. Through consistent and powerful Impact Teen Drivers education efforts, teens, parents, and community members will gain a true understanding of the connection between careless decisions behind the wheel and the consequences of being involved in a car crash-whether as a driver or passenger.
Impact Teen Drivers develops and promotes evidence-based education and strategies to save lives and reduce injuries and fatalities caused by reckless and distracted driving.
To provide lifesaving, evidence-based classroom presentations and school assemblies to directly reach teens.
To provide Lead-the-Leaders Trainings to empower student leaders to bring traffic safety messages to their schools and communities. Student leaders can also choose to target younger student populations or groups such as athletic teams on campus.
To provide Parent-Teen Workshop to directly reach teens and parents/caregivers. Parents are the number one influencer of their child's driving attitude and behavior.
To provide Train-the-Trainers Workshop in the community to educate and empower first responders, law enforcement, trauma injury prevention staff, and community leaders to bring traffic safety messages and programs to their community.
Unrestricted funds would be used to purchase additional educational materials to provided during presentations and trainings when grant funding has ended. Unrestricted funds will also be used for programming to expand traffic safety messages.
Organization name
Impact Teen Drivers
Mission Category
Education
Operating Budget
$500,001-$1 million
Organization Need
Funding: Program, Funding: Unrestricted
Address
2210 21st St.