The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety is a partnership of safety advocates throughout the state who have come together for a common purpose: to end traffic fatalities and serious injuries on public roadways. Missouri’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan, Show-Me Zero, outlines the state's plan for achieving success by implementing strategies most effective at mitigating the behaviors and issues most commonly associated with fatal and serious injury crashes in Missouri. Zero fatalities is our goal. Anything else is simply unacceptable.
Missouri Coalition For Roadway Safety News
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Missouri Roadway Fatalities Dip Slightly in 2023
JEFFERSON CITY – According to preliminary data, 989 fatalities occurred on Missouri roadways in 2023. This is a decrease of 6% when compared to 2022, when there were 1,057 fatalities. This is the first year since 2019 that Missouri has seen a...
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Crash Responders Urge Motorists to Slow Down, Move Over: "It's the Law"
National Crash Responder Safety Week is Nov. 13-17
JEFFERSON CITY—On a daily basis, emergency responders put their lives on the line along Missouri’s highways responding to crash scenes. These responders include police officers, fire fighters, EMS...
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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
February Spotlight: Keys to Independence Missouri
Keys to Independence (K2I) is a unique program committed to helping Florida youth experiencing foster care and/or homelessness obtain their driver’s permit and license. Since 2014, K2I, has been managed statewide by Embrace Families, a non-profit agency based in Central Florida, who prioritizes independent living initiatives that promote normalcy and lead to successful transitions to adulthood for the young people they serve.
Now, Keys to Independence has expanded its reach to Missouri to establish a similar program. The State of Missouri recognizes that a young adult cannot be fully independent without a driver’s license. Having a license is particularly important for youth without a traditional family support network as it enables him or her to have a job, go to school, engage socially, and contribute to their community.
Keys to Independence MO creates opportunities and removes barriers to driving by financially supporting the cost of driving lessons for youth in out-of-home care.
Our team will coordinate with enrolled youth, case managers, caregivers, and any other youth supports, to identify driving school options in their local area so they can receive behind the wheel education to be safe, confident drivers.
Together, we will help Missouri’s youth experiencing foster care, obtain their keys to independence!
Beginning mid-February 2024:
Complete application online at
www.keystoindependencemo.com
Notified of approval within 14 days
Program Coordinator works with youth/caregiver to identify most appropriate driving school from our network of providers.
Youth/Caregiver completes application for driving school.
Keys to Independence MO works directly with driving school to pay all invoices for youth.
Youth/Caregiver schedules lessons directly with identified driving school.
Upcoming Events
Spring Impaired Driving Enforcement Campaign
Mar. 15 - Apr. 19, 2024
Mar. 15 - Apr. 19, 2024
Youth Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign
Apr. 1-15, 2024
Apr. 1-15, 2024
Click It Or Ticket Enforcement Campaign
May 20 - June 2, 2024
May 20 - June 2, 2024