Amata Announces Grant Awards for American Samoa Totaling $377,944
Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced the awarding of three grants for American Samoa, totaling $377,944.
Two of the grants awarded to American Samoa are from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The first is in the amount of $272,200 and will go to the American Samoa Office of Highway Safety. These funds awarded under the State and Community Highway Safety Grant Program, provide grants to states and territories to improve driver behavior and reduce deaths and injuries from motor vehicle-related crashes.
Congresswoman Aumua Amata in front of Air Force Two
The second grant is in the amount of $47,506 and will go to the American Samoa Office of Highway Safety. These funds awarded under the State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Program encourage states and territories to improve the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, integration and accessibility of safety information; encourages linkage of data systems; and improve the compatibility of state, territory and national data.
"I want to thank Fred Scanlan and the hard working people at the American Samoa Office of Highway Safety for their diligence in securing these funds. Even on our tiny island, the importance of traffic safety cannot be underestimated," said Amata.
The Department of Health and Human Services also awarded a grant to American Samoa in the amount of $58,238 for the American Samoa Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The BRFSS program was designed to collect data on actual behaviors, rather than on attitudes or knowledge, that would be especially useful for planning, initiating, supporting, and evaluating health promotion and disease prevention programs.
"These grants are essential in getting American Samoa the support it needs to properly serve the people. I want to thank the American Samoa Department of Health, especially Mr. I'ugafono Sunia and those individuals who put in the hard work to make sure that American Samoa received these critical funds," stated Amata.
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