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Minnesota
Minnesota SRTS State Network
Minnesota is one of twenty jurisdictions participating in the SRTS National Partnership Network Project. This initiative creates state networks that bring together advocacy groups, government agencies, and other leaders.
Minnesota SRTS Program
Managed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MN/DOT), Minnesota’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.
Success Stories and Best Practices
Minnesota Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support as partner affiliates of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership.
Minnesota SRTS State Network
Minnesota is one of the twenty jurisdictions participating in the SRTS National Partnership State Network Project. The SRTS State Network Organizer works for their sponsoring organization, which is under contract with the SRTS National Partnership.
Minnesota State Network Organizer
Jill Chamberlain
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Center for Prevention
(651) 662-2192
minnesota@saferoutespartnership.org
www.bluecrossmn.com
Minnesota SRTS Program
Managed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MN/DOT), Minnesota’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.
Minnesota DOT SRTS Coordinator (Interim)
Mark Fiers
(651) 366-3833
mark.fiers@state.mn.us
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/saferoutes/index.html
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Minnesota SRTS Federal Funding
Application Guidelines
State Advisory Committee
State Outreach Programs
Evaluation Methods
Success Stories and Best Practices
Minnesota Partner Affiliates
Minnesota SRTS Federal Funding
Minnesota’s SRTS funding totals $9,569,263 and includes the following annual apportionments:
| 2005 Actual |
2006 Actual |
2007 Actual |
2008 Actual |
2009 Actual |
| $1,000,000 |
$1,441,060 |
$1,897,225 |
$2,324,104 |
$2,906,874 |
Application Guidelines
The Minnesota SRTS program has completed its fourth and final round of grant awards in June 2009.
State Advisory Committee
Minnesota’s State Advisory Committee is made up of members from the State Departments of Education, Health, and Public Safety. The Committee is currently focused on assisting in the development of Minnesota’s outreach and education program.
State Outreach Programs
An outreach and education program for students and their parents is in development. Workshops on SRTS and the application process are held during the application period.
Evaluation Methods
Minnesota does not require evaluations as part of the application process, though the Minnesota state SRTS program does use the National Center for Safe Routes to School Student Arrival and Departure Talley Sheet and Parent Survey.
Success Stories and Best Practices
Fond du Lac Reservation Completes Safe Routes to School Plan - January 2010
There is a new addition to the diversity of SRTS planning in the State of Minnesota. The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe has become the first Indian tribe in the State to have completed a SRTS plan. Click here to read more.
Minnesota Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support for the Safe Routes to School movement. Minnesota Partner Affiliates.
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