Grant paves the way for giving Montana’s tribal youth hands-on driver training [Video]

HELENA — The Montana Department of Transportation and the Montana Office of Public Instruction were awarded a $50,000 grant to enhance access to hands-on driver training for Montana’s tribal youth. The grant, sponsored by the Ford Motor Company and the Governors Highway Safety Association, will fund driver training workshops conducted by OPI’s Montana DRIVE program.

DRIVE, stands for Driver In-Vehicle Education. DRIVE is an advanced training held annually in Lewistown, Montana. The program provides participants with the opportunity to practice handling risky driving scenarios. This grant specifically aims to facilitate Native American youth attendance at DRIVE.

Dwight Nelson, OPI Director of Traffic Education, says, “It has always been on my heart to somehow give the Native American youth of Montana who might not be able to take a traffic education course in high school, the opportunity to learn and practice various behind the wheel techniques to keep themselves and all of us …