The Ohio Department of Transportation recently announced funding availability through the Safe Routes to Schools initiative. This program serves students in grades K-8.
The federal Safe Routes to School program seeks to make it safer for children to walk and bicycle to schools. Congress provided $612 million for the federal Safe Routes to School program from FY2005–2009 to allow schools and communities to build sidewalks, pathways, crosswalks and other safety improvements around schools and to initiate education, encouragement and law enforcement programs.
Across the country, schools and communities are using Safe Routes to School funds to increase physical activity levels of children and make progress on childhood obesity, address traffic congestion and poor air quality around schools, and reduce high injury rates for child pedestrians and cyclists. Given budget concerns, schools are also relying on Safe Routes to School to help improve safety when they cut back bus routes.
Ohio schools are encouraged to apply for one of three funding streams:
1. Infrastructure – Up to $500,000 per applicant per project;
2. Non infrastructure – Up to $100,000 per applicant per funding round;
and
3. School Travel Plan Development – Up to $1,000 per school with a maximum of 4 schools per applicant per funding cycle considered. ODOT will provide the engineering services needed to complete the plan development.
Most importantly, the application cycle is open from September 8 through November 2, 2009.
To view and download applications:
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/ProgramMgt/Projects/SafeRoutes/Pages/default.aspx
The federal Safe Routes to School program seeks to make it safer for children to walk and bicycle to schools. Congress provided $612 million for the federal Safe Routes to School program from FY2005–2009 to allow schools and communities to build sidewalks, pathways, crosswalks and other safety improvements around schools and to initiate education, encouragement and law enforcement programs.
Across the country, schools and communities are using Safe Routes to School funds to increase physical activity levels of children and make progress on childhood obesity, address traffic congestion and poor air quality around schools, and reduce high injury rates for child pedestrians and cyclists. Given budget concerns, schools are also relying on Safe Routes to School to help improve safety when they cut back bus routes.
Ohio schools are encouraged to apply for one of three funding streams:
1. Infrastructure – Up to $500,000 per applicant per project;
2. Non infrastructure – Up to $100,000 per applicant per funding round;
and
3. School Travel Plan Development – Up to $1,000 per school with a maximum of 4 schools per applicant per funding cycle considered. ODOT will provide the engineering services needed to complete the plan development.
Most importantly, the application cycle is open from September 8 through November 2, 2009.
To view and download applications:
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/TransSysDev/ProgramMgt/Projects/SafeRoutes/Pages/default.aspx
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