Safe Routes to School Funding
Important Update!
updated 1-7-10
The United
States Congress has acted to
extend the federal Safe Routes
to School program, which
provides funding for state
programs, until February 28,
2010.
Additional extensions are
anticipated until a full
reauthorization of the
transportation bill is approved. The type of funding
mechanism Congress uses (i.e.
the length of a continuation
bill) determines the amount of
funding that will be available.
Safe Routes to School (SRTS)
funding applications received
prior to December 31, 2009 are under
review with an anticipated award
announcement1
in early March 2010. Note
that a March funding award
announcement is contingent on
Congress providing funding at a
level that will support a
funding award. If Congressional
action is delayed or short-term,
a funding award announcement
will be delayed until adequate
funding is available.
SRTS funding applications
received after December 31, OR
applications that are incomplete
and for which additional
requested information was not
received by December 31 will be reviewed during the next
review cycle (see
below).
Once Congress passes the next
transportation authorization, we
will publish a SRTS application
planning guide, with dates and
guidance, to assist with project
timeline planning. Under current
consideration is a schedule of
quarterly funding award
announcements.
Please be aware that the
Michigan SR2S Handbook provides
materials and procedures by
which local school and community
teams can identify and plan to
address barriers to walking and
bicycling to school. Many of the
strategies to encourage and
enable students to walk or
bicycle to school have low or no
associated cost.
2010 SRTS Application Review
Cycle
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Application Received
By: |
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Application Reviewed
By: |
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Anticipated Award
Date: |
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December 31, 2009 |
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January 25, 2010 |
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March 2010 |
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March 26, 2010 |
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May 3, 2010 |
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June 2010 |
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June 25, 2010 |
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August 2, 2010 |
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September 2010 |
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September 24, 2010 |
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October 25, 2010 |
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December 2010 |
1 The award
announcement date is tentative
based upon anticipated actions
by the United States Congress to
continue to fund the federal
Safe Routes to School program.
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Submitting a Funding
Application
Be sure you have satisfied the
eligibility requirements.
You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to
view the application; download Acrobat Reader
for free
here.
►
Download the SRTS
funding Application
(752K
PDF)
(Right click and select "save target as" to save
the funding application to your hard drive)
The application contains one section for
engineering/infrastructure projects, and one
section each for education, encouragement, and
enforcement programs. If you are
submitting for multiple projects/programs (i.e.
if you are requesting funding for more than one
program under each "E"), please download and
complete additional sections as shown
below:
Engineering/infrastructure:
►
For
a second engineering/infrastructure
project:
download Section 3(2)
►
For
a third engineering/infrastructure
project:
download Section 3(3)
►
For
a fourth engineering/infrastructure
project:
download Section 3(4)
►
For
a fifth engineering/infrastructure
project:
download Section 3(5)
Education:
►
For
a second education program/initiative:
download Section 4(2)
►
For
a third education program/initiative:
download Section 4(3)
►
For
a fourth education program/initiative:
download Section 4(4)
Encouragement:
►
For
a second encouragement
program/initiative:
download Section 5(2)
►
For
a third encouragement program/initiative:
download Section 5(3)
►
For
a fourth encouragement
program/initiative:
download Section 5(4)
Enforcement:
►
For
a second enforcement program/initiative:
download Section 6(2)
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For
a third enforcement program/initiative:
download Section 6(3)
►
For
a fourth enforcement program/initiative:
download Section 6(4)
Additional required application materials:
►
Safe
Routes to School Action Plan template
►
Consolidated schedule template
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Summary budget template
For multi-school
applications:
For multi-school
applications, please fill out a separate Section
1 and Section 2 for each school. The Safe Routes
to School planning process must be completed at
each school included in the application. Please
read the guidance on page 5 of the application
for more information on multi-school
applications.
►
Additional Sections 1 and 2
EGrAMS Users
Due to customer feedback received after
switching to the online process, we are taking
EGrAMS offline for further
development. If you are currently working on an SRTS
funding application in EGrAMS, you will be
contacted with more information regarding
submission timelines.
Please call (517-908-3826) or e-mail
Alex Nikoloff if you have any questions
regarding EGrAMS or the funding application.
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