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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania SRTS State Network
Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania SRTS Program
Pennsylvania 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.
Success Stories and Best Practices
Pennsylvania Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support as partner affiliates of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership.
Pennsylvania SRTS State Network
Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania State Network Organizer
Josh Karns
Pennsylvania Walks and Bikes
(717) 856-2814
pennsylvania@saferoutespartnership.org
www.pawalksandbikes.org
Pennsylvania SRTS Program
Managed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania’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.
Pennsylvania DOT SRTS Coordinator
Chris Metka
(717) 787-8065
cmetka@state.pa.us
www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/CPDM.nsf/SRTSHomepage?OpenFrameSet
Click on any of the menu items below for more information.
Pennsylvania SRTS Federal Funding
Application Guidelines
State Outreach Programs
Success Stories and Best Practices
Pennsylvania Partner Affiliates
Pennsylvania SRTS Federal Funding
Pennsylvania’s SRTS funding from FY2005-2009* totals $20,932,175 and includes the following annual apportionments:
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2005 Actual |
2006 Actual |
2007 Actual |
2008 Actual |
2009 Actual |
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$1,000,000 |
$3,345,128 |
$4,430,549 |
$5,436,148 |
$6,720,350 |
* Funding for SRTS is being continued into FY2010 at FY2009 levels.
Application Guidelines
In November 2009, Pennsylvania’s Safe Routes to School Academy in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation awarded 30 grants to over 30 schools across Pennsylvania, totaling $150,000. Each school will receive $5,000 to use towards Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, and Evaluation activities. In addition to the $5,000 grant, each school will receive a free two-day walkability audit, during which a team of trained experts (engineers, transportation planners, and advocates) will observe main walking routes to school and develop a comprehensive plan on how to improve the safety of those routes through infrastructure changes. For more information, please read the press release.
Pennsylvania awarded $16.8 million in Federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) funding in June 2009 that will benefit communities across the Commonwealth. From the 101 applications that were received, 30 projects that serve to enhance walking and bicycling facilities around K-8 schools were selected. Funded projects include infrastructure improvements such as sidewalk repair or replacement, crosswalks, walk/bike paths, signs, signals, and other traffic calming features.
The projects were selected by Pennsylvania’s SRTS Project Selection Committee, which consists of members from the Pennsylvania Departments of Transportation, Education, Health, and Conservation and Natural Resources, as well as the Federal Highways Administration and the Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity (PANA). Additionally, Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Rural Planning Organizations provided feedback on each project in their region. The projects selected best exemplify the core principles of Safe Routes to School, including the five E’s of SRTS: education, encouragement, enforcement, evaluation, and engineering.
For more information about infrastructure funding opportunities in Pennsylvania, please visit Pennsylvania’s Safe Routes to School website.
To date, five projects from Pennsylvania’s 2005-2006 Transportation Enhancements funding round were selected to receive federal SRTS funding, since they meet the federal requirements. The total cost of the projects is $1,196,687.
The Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity (PANA) administer the non-infrastructure application and funding process. More information about PANA and The Safe Routes to School Academy is available below.
State Outreach Programs
Safe Routes to School Academy
The Safe Routes to School Academy aims to further the non-infrastructure activities (Education, Encouragement, Enforcement and Evaluation) of the Safe Routes to School movement in Pennsylvania. A program of the Penn State Hershey Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion (the Center) - administrative home of the Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity – and funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, the Safe Routes to School Academy provides small grants, technical support, training opportunities and resources to schools, K-8, that are committed to environmental and policy changes designed to promote walking and bicycling to school.
In 2008, the Center awarded 11 mini-grants to schools across Pennsylvania to support local Safe Routes to School efforts:
Mt. Penn Elementary School, Antietam School District, Berks County
Broad Street Elementary School, Mechanicsburg Area School District, Cumberland County
Northside Elementary School, Mechanicsburg Area School District, Cumberland County
Jenks Hill Elementary School, Punxsutawney Area School District, Jefferson County
Rock L. Butler Middle School, Wellsboro Area School District, Tioga County
DuBois Area Middle School, DuBois Area School District, Clearfield County
Newville Elementary School, Big Springs School District, Cumberland County
Horace Mann Elementary School, Indiana Area School District, Indiana County
St. Rose of Lima School, Montgomery County
Scottdale Elementary School, Southmoreland School District, Westmoreland County
Southmoreland Junior High School, Southmoreland School District, Westmoreland County
For more information about the Safe Routes to School Academy, contact:
Farah Kauffman, MPH
Active Communities Coordinator
Penn State Hershey Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion, administrative home of Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity
717-531-1440, x3
fkauffman@psu.edu
Success Stories and Best Practices
State Board of Education Approves New Nutrition and Activity Regulations for Schools
The Pennsylvania State Board of Education voted overwhelmingly to advance the most comprehensive school nutrition and physical activity standards in the country. These standards will significantly improve the nutrition environments in our schools and ensure that all children get at least 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every school day. Click the following links to view a copy of the new standards and press release.
CONTACT:
Everette James | Secretary of Health
PA Department of Health
7th & Forster Streets | Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: 717.787.6436 | Fax: 717.787.0191
www.health.state.pa.us
New Walking Encouragement Program at Mt. Penn Elementary School - July 2009
Pennsylvania Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support for the Safe Routes to School movement. Pennsylvania Partner Affiliates
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