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. To learn more about how the SRTS federal funding and construction process works for states and local grantees, read the Partnership’s Five Steps to Federal Funding.

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

SRTS in Your State
Find out about your state’s Safe Routes to School 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 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:  California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has provided a three-year renewal grant (2012 to 2014) for the state network project that will build on policy wins from recent years, and advance built environment improvements in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.