PR: GCPH Drive to Succeed Scholarship Program Aims to Lower Vehicular Deaths in Ohio
Teenagers generally look forward to getting their driver's license, and in Greene County, there's a scholarship to make one of the requirements affordable.
Now in its second year, the Drive to Succeed Scholarship Program aims to get more teenagers into driver's education classes before they get their driver's license. In Ohio, you must take a driver's education course if you get your license as a minor, but it's not required after you've turned 18.
The goal of the program is to expand access to teen driver training to low-income populations by providing funding for localized scholarship programs. “Every year, traffic crashes claim hundreds of lives in Ohio and educating our youngest drivers is an important step toward preventing crashes,” Andy Wilson, director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety said. “We are proud that these grants will directly support hundreds of young people who otherwise wouldn’t have had the means to complete driver education and gain the experience needed to become safer drivers.”
