Kennesaw State Awarded Grant From The Governor's Office Of Highway Safety

Press release from Kennesaw State University:

Dec 20, 2021

Kennesaw State awarded grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety

KENNESAW, Ga.
(Dec 20, 2021) — Kennesaw State University's Health Promotion and Wellness department has received a nearly $20,000 grant to participate in the Georgia Young
Adult Program of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety. This is the 15th consecutive
year that the department in the Division of Student Affairs has received this grant award.

The Georgia GOHS Young Adult Program uses strategies such as peer education, providing educational speakers to schools
and encourages schools to develop creative, innovative techniques to reduce young
adult crashes, injuries and fatalities in their communities.

“With the increase in the number of persons killed in traffic crashes in Georgia and
across the nation over the last year, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is working
with partners like Kennesaw State University to implement programs designed to stop
the risky driving behaviors that are contributing to a majority of our serious-injury
and fatality crashes,” Allen Poole, director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety
said. “Many of the fatal traffic crashes on our roads are preventable, and we will
continue to work with our educational and enforcement partners to develop programs
and initiatives that are designed to get Georgia to our goal of zero traffic deaths.”

The GYAP program at KSU coordinates events and programming such as National Collegiate
Alcohol Awareness Week, Fall Festival and Safe Spring Break. Funding allows Peer Health
OWLs to attend the 2022 GOHS Young Adult Conference; renewal of the Health Promotion
and Wellness NASPA membership to provide discounts on Certified Peer Educator training
manuals; and KSU’s participation in the 2022 American College Health Association-National
College Health Assessment III to learn about students’ health habits and behaviors,
including alcohol.

Under the program, a 21st birthday card program will be offered to reduce risky drinking
and behaviors often associated with these celebrations. The card will inform and encourage
students to consider protective strategies such as planning a safe way to get home,
eating a meal before going out, pacing drinks to no more than one drink per hour,
designating a sober friend to keep everyone safe and intervening if necessary and
to call 911 if someone needs help.

The grant award totals $19,066.77 and covers the period of Oct. 1, 2021, to Sept.
30, 2022.

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About GOHS

For more information on this grant program, contact GOHS at 404-656-6996, and for
more information on GOHS and its other highway safety programs, visit www.gahighwaysafety.org.

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