Local School Project

Press Release: Low-Income Program Evaluation Report

Washington, DC Local School Walk to School Day
The Local School Project began in February 2008 and ran through December 2009 in conjunction with the State Network Project. Each of the ten State Networks did an analysis of schools through a selection matrix (.pdf, 91KB), which ensured they met certain criteria. Once the school was selected, city and school officials were asked to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (Word doc, 104KB). Evaluation was completed in all ten local schools. Click here to access the report. Click here to view the locations and names of the ten schools at which the Partnership implemented its Local School Project.

The Networks provided technical assistance to each of these schools, but relied on volunteer management at six of the schools. Four sites, located in California, Georgia, Virginia, and Washington, DC were assigned a Technical Service Provider (TSP), who directly managed the school’s volunteers, program activities, data collection, and communication. After a nationwide search for an evaluator, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership selected the University of California-Berkeley Traffic Safety Center and PPH Partners as the independent health evaluation consultant. The team previously conducted SRTS evaluations in California, numerous bicycle and pedestrian safety studies nationwide, and helped to develop national evaluation tools for the National Center for Safe Routes to School.

For more on the evaluation of the Local School Project, see the documents below:
- Local School Project: A health evaluation at 10 low-income schools (.pdf, 2076KB) OR (.pdf, 512KB)
- Description of SRTS Local School Project Evaluation (Word doc, 84KB)
- SRTS Evaluation Handbook (.pdf, 139KB)
- SRTS Logic Model (Word doc, 50KB)
- SRTS Evaluation Timeline for Schools (Word doc, 3826KB)

Funders for the Local School Project include Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.