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National Programs

 

FACTS
Families Acting for

Community Traffic Safety

 

Youth leaders can help families promote basic safety attitudes that last a lifetime. FACTS – Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety, is a national FCCLA peer education program through which young people strive to save lives advocating sober driving, seat belt use, and safe driving habits.

FACTS Units and Topics:

Through FCCLA’s FACTS program, young people learn the realities of traffic safety. They discover that safety is a family matter. Through FACTS projects, they reach their peers, children, and adults with traffic safety messages and activities.

Youth-created FACTS projects relate to the following three topic areas.
 
  • Think SMART – promote attitudes and provide events that keep young people from driving when under the influence of alcohol and other drugs.
  • Buckle UP – promote the benefits and safe use of seat belts, child safety seats, booster seats, and air bags
  • Arrive Alive – promote the importance of safe driving habits, especially for less-experienced drivers

Partners:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)    


 National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS)    

 HBO Family    
 Recording Artists Actors & Athletes Against Drunk Driving    

Get Connected CD-ROM:

Learn what you can do to help save lives…the FCCLA Get Connected CD-ROM and accompanying guides comprise a one-stop resource for four national FCCLA peer education programs – Families First, Financial Fitness, Student Body, and FACTS.

For more information on FCCLA’s FACTS program and the Get Connected to Families First, Financial Fitness, Student Body and FACTS CD-ROM. Contact your local FCCLA chapter to find out what you can do to help save lives by ARRIVING ALIVE!

Awards:

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America offers national recognition to chapters and members that complete FCCLA Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety (FACTS) projects. This honor includes cash awards and special recognition at the National Leadership Meeting and in Teen Times magazine.

Apply for recognition for your hard work and innovative projects with the 2006 Programs Award Application, available on the national Web site.

Middle School Award - $1,000
High School Award - $1,000
Runner-Up Award - $500

Deadline: Award applications due to FCCLA National Headquarters postmarked by March 1.

 

  FACTS Program Information Sheet

 
Put the brakes on impaired driving and traffic crashes by participating in FCCLA’s FACTS Program. Through peer education help your friends arrive alive and lower the number one cause of death for youth in America.