{"id":4124,"date":"2022-01-07T13:09:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T18:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2022-10-24T09:39:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:39:37","slug":"2022-bicycle-helmet-initiative-call-for-applications-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/2022\/01\/07\/2022-bicycle-helmet-initiative-call-for-applications-open\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Bicycle Helmet Initiative Call for Applications Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Applications Open for NCDOT Bicycle Helmet Initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RALEIGH<\/strong> \u2013 To reduce bicycle injuries and deaths, the N.C. Department of Transportation is encouraging people across the state to receive free bicycle helmets as part of its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdot.gov\/initiatives-policies\/safety\/bicycle-helmets\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Bicycle Helmet Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program, founded in 2007 and overseen by the Integrated Mobility Division, has provided thousands of helmets to children, including providing more than 30,000 helmets in the last five years.&nbsp; While less than half of all children typically wear a helmet while biking, they can reduce the risk of severe brain injuries by almost 90 percent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Feb. 4, 2022. Applicants may request 25, 50, 75, or 100 helmets, and awardees will receive the helmets by April 29, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the initiative, applicants are encouraged to partner with government and non-government agencies to host bike safety events. Examples of partners include police and fire departments, parks and recreation departments, health departments, community centers, churches and non-governmental organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales of the Share the Road specialty license plate make the initiative possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdot.gov\/initiatives-policies\/safety\/bicycle-helmets\/Pages\/default.aspx\">NCDOT Bicycle Helmet Initiative webpage<\/a> for more information and to download the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications Open for NCDOT Bicycle Helmet Initiative RALEIGH \u2013 To reduce bicycle injuries and deaths, the N.C. Department of Transportation is encouraging people across the state to receive free bicycle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","category-tbi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4126,"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions\/4126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncschoolpsychology.med.unc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}