The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program announces a grant solicitation for non- infrastructure projects that support the goals of Safe Routes to School.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Transportation
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
In response to these emerging issues, the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program was established in 2005 through Federal legislation
- to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school;
- to make walking and bicycling to school safe and more appealing; and
- to facilitate the planning, development and implementation of projects that will improve safety, and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.
Through these grant awards, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) will support communities with existing Safe Routes to School plans, or other comprehensive SRTS approaches, in advancing non-infrastructure strategies for schools that support making it safe, easy and fun for students to walk and bicycle to school.
Funding Information
This grant cycle, up to $250,000 is available for Boost SRTS implementation projects, proposed project should be at least $5,000 and up to as much as $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- To ensure that the SRTS program is available to a broad spectrum of groups that represent schools and students, both public and non-profit entities may submit applications for funding. Eligible groups include (but are not limited to):
- Schools and School Districts, both public and private
- City Government agencies
- County Government agencies
- Tribal Nations
- Regional Development Organizations
- Metropolitan Planning Organizations
- Applicants are encouraged to include multiple schools on an application whenever the schools can realistically coordinate on a project by sharing one SRTS team, combining public awareness campaigns, or best leveraging county or regional resources to impact students walking and bicycling. It is up to each applicant to determine what will work best in the community, but effective school clusters would likely share the same city or school district and have some geographic proximity. In these cases, multi-organization collaboration is encouraged, however, each school included in the project would be expected to complete its own parent and student surveys.
For more information, visit MnDOT.
