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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 nine states and the District of Columbia. For 2010 and 2011, the project has been funded in the District of Columbia and nineteen states: Arkansas, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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 provides funding for 15 states and Kaiser Permanente provides funding for another 5 states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also provided financial support for the project.
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