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Ames, Iowa, Walking School Bus | Iowa SRTS Program
Managed by the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), Iowa’s federally funded Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is the source for state coordinator contact details, federal SRTS funding amounts, SRTS applications and guidelines, and state SRTS program information.
Iowa DOT SRTS Coordinator
Kathy Ridnour
(515) 239-1713
kathy.ridnour@dot.iowa.gov
www.iowadot.gov/saferoutes
www.iowasaferoutes.org
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Iowa SRTS Federal Funding
Application Guidelines
State Advisory Committee
State Outreach Programs
Evaluation Methods
Iowa Partner Affiliates
Iowa SRTS Federal Funding
Iowa’s SRTS funding from FY2005-2009* totals $6,108,340 and includes the following annual apportionments:
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2005 Actual |
2006 Actual |
2007 Actual |
2008 Actual |
2009 Actual |
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$1,000,000 |
$990,000 |
$1,084,775 |
$1,339,951 |
$1,693,614 | * Funding for SRTS is being continued into FY2010 at FY2009 levels.
Application Guidelines
Iowa’s first round of funding was completed in February 2007 and included federal funds from 2005 and 2006. The second round of funding was completed in January 2008 and included 2007 and 2008 federal funds. The third round of funding was completed in January 2009 and included 2009 federal funds; however, local implementation will not begin until October 2009 when the federal funds are released.
Iowa has three types of applications—infrastructure, non-infrastructure activities, and studies/plans. Though applications don’t require a school travel plan, extra points are given to those applications that have one in place. The application deadline is October 1 each year.
For more information, please see the Iowa SRTS program.
State Advisory Committee
Iowa’s SRTS State Advisory Committee was formed in early 2006 and includes representatives of: Departments of Public Health and Education, Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau, Metropolitan Planning Organization, Regional Planning Affiliation, School Administrators of Iowa, Safe Kids Coalition, Iowa Bicycle Coalition, DOT Traffic Engineer, and DOT SRTS Coordinator. This group assists in developing the applications, scoring criteria, logo, etc., and meets on an as-needed basis.
The scoring committee was formed as a subcommittee of the advisory committee because the entire advisory committee was too large. The scoring committee includes everyone but representatives from the School Administrators, Safe Kids Coalition and the Iowa Bicycle Coalition. Also, unlike some states, all committee members score all applications, since we do not have a filtering process in place.
State Outreach Programs
Iowa is implementing a state outreach program with assistance from the Iowa Bicycle Coalition (IBC) which received SRTS funding to develop a statewide education, encouragement, and training program. The IBC staff has been providing SRTS workshops as requested by communities and schools throughout the state at no cost.
The IBC has developed two useful resource documents "Iowa Kids on the Move: Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Curriculum" for children in grades K through 6 and and “Iowa’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Encouragement Guide.”
The IBC has also developed and begun teaching an Iowa Adult School Crossing Guard Training program. The course is specifically geared for school or community crossing guard trainers and supervisors such as school officials, law enforcement officers, or any persons who will be training local crossing guards.
IBC named Jayne McGuire as its new Safe Routes to School coordinator.
Evaluation Methods
Grantees and applicants are required to use the data collection forms available from the National Center for Safe Routes to School for collecting before and after figures for bicycling and walking.
Iowa Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support for the Safe Routes to School movement.
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