West Virginia
West Virginia SRTS Program
Managed by the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT), West Virginia’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.
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West Virginia SRTS Federal Funding | Application Guidelines
State Advisory Committee | State Outreach Programs
Evaluation Methods | Success Stories | West Virginia Partner Affiliates
West Virginia SRTS Federal Funding
West Virginia’s SRTS funding from FY2005-2009* totals $4,990,000 and includes the following annual apportionments:
| 2005 Actual | 2006 Actual | 2007 Actual | 2008 Actual | 2009 Actual |
| $1,000,000 | $990,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
* Funding for SRTS is being continued into FY2011 and FY2010 at FY2009 levels.
Application Guidelines
West Virginia has announced funding of $1 million in Safe Routes to School projects.
- Pedaling Patriots phase II, Berkeley County, $114,000
- Southside Safety Initiative, Cabell County, $130,000
- Alderson Elementary SRTS, Greenbrier County, $110,000
- Romney Safe Routes to School phase II, Hampshire County, $130,000
- SRTS Comprehensive Model phase IV, Harrison County, $130,000
- Hillsboro Elementary Sidewalks and Healthy Hearts, Pocahontas County, $115,000
- Terra Alta on the Move, Preston County, $130,000
- Fairplains Elementary School Project, Wood County, $112,000
West Virginia has established an annual timeline for applications that include submitting Intent-to-Apply (ITA) forms the 15th of November each year. Candidates who submit ITAs that meet the intent of the SRTS legislation are then sent applications that are due the 15th of January each year. Fiscal year 2007 awards were announced by the Governor on May 31, 2007. Fiscal year 2008 awards were mailed by the Governor’s Office to grant recipients on August 22, 2008. Fiscal year 2009 awards were awarded August 11, 2009. Fiscal year 2010 awards were awarded October 15, 2010.
West Virginia has a two-part Intent-to-Apply form and separate applications for infrastructure projects and non-infrastructure activities. However, a candidate that applies for infrastructure funding must incorporate the non-infrastructure component activities of education, encouragement, enforcement, and evaluation with 10% to 30% of the funding request dedicated to non-infrastructure activities as specified by SAFETEA-LU legislation.
For more information, please see the West Virginia SRTS program.
State Advisory Committee
West Virginia has an interagency SRTS grant review board that meets in February each year. In addition to the SRTS Coordinator, the board includes representatives from the FHWA West Virginia Division; WVDOH Traffic Engineering and Engineering Divisions; WV Department of Health and Human Resources Health Promotion and Physical Activity Coordinator and Healthy Life Styles Director; Governor’s Highway Safety Office; WV Department of Education Office of Healthy Schools and Director of School Transportation; and the WV Division of Rehabilitation Services.
State Outreach Programs
West Virginia has two National Center for SRTS workshop trainers and offers a free one-day SRTS workshop for individual schools throughout the state. The state SRTS coordinator also provides free information and education briefings to any organization that requests information about the SRTS grant program.
Evaluation Methods
Grant recipients are provided the National Center for SRTS student tally and parent survey and are required to administer the evaluation at the start of the project to obtain a baseline and at the end of the project.
Success Stories
Martinsburg, WV
In Martinsburg, WV, federal Safe Routes to School funding of less than $150,000 provided students with a safe place to walk away from a site of regular drug and crime activity. Students using this pathway are now better protected from drug traffic, criminal activity and vandalism in the area, making it safer for them as they walk and bicycle to and from school. As an added bonus, more students are walking and bicycling to school now that the path has been installed.
West Virginia Partner Affiliates
Find out which organizations in your state have pledged their support for the Safe Routes to School movement.