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State
State Level Safe Routes to School Involvement
It is at the state level that the growth and institutional success of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs will occur. As the gatekeepers for federal funds related to the federal SRTS program, the state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are responsible for dispersing funds to local programs in accordance with state policies and applicable federal laws and guidance. The federal program requires that all states have a full-time Safe Routes to School coordinator who is responsible for implementing the program.
Find out how you can take action in your state to ensure that the federal SRTS funds are spent, and on good projects.
SRTS in Your State
Find out about your state’s SRTS program, its contacts, success stories, and grant application process. Get involved! Click here for an interactive map.
State Network Project
In January of 2007, the SRTS National Partnership initiated the State Network Project in the District of Columbia and nine key states: California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia.
The project creates state networks that bring together advocacy groups, government agencies and other leaders to ensure that the SRTS federal program succeeds and to leverage additional resources, remove barriers to walking and bicycling to schools, and to create an institutional framework for generating long-term policy changes. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is a primary funder of the program. Additional funders include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvest Foundation and Kaiser Permanente.
For the latest Network news, check out the monthly State Network Update.
Publications
On September 15, the SRTS National Partnership provided an updated version of the State of the States Report, which shows the status of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Click here to view the report. Additionally, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership is implementing the State Network Project to ensure program success and leverage resources by creating SRTS State Networks in nine states and the District of Columbia. The following report outlines how State Networks can create policy change. Click here to view it in full.
On April 1, the SRTS National Partnership is released two new publications, produced by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, that are full of information. The Safe Routes to School State Network Project: 2007 Annual Progress Report summarizes the progress that the State Network Project achieved in its first year of operation, outlines lessons learned, highlights accomplishments in each State Network, and suggests next steps to maintain momentum. Establishing a Safe Routes to School State Network: A 10-Step Guide describes a process that can be used in any state to bring together diverse partners create a SRTS State Network and initiate policy changes that will make it safer and easier for children to be able to walk and bicycle to schools.
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