SRTS Noninfrastructure Grants

Funding for Planning, Education, and Promotion of Safe Routes to School Activities

The period to apply for grants to support Safe Routes to School noninfrastructure activities in the 2011-2012 school year is now closed.

Grants will become available again in the fall of 2012 to fund Safe Routes to School activities in the 2012-13 school year. These activities involve the development, implementation, or expansion of programs that address the first four Es of SRTS: education, encouragement, enforcement, and evaluation. Schools are able to apply for noninfrastructure grant money beginning on Walk or Roll to School Day (October 3, 2012), and the deadline for submitting applications is November 15, 2012.

NOTE: Schools that are chosen to receive an SRTS Noninfrastructure Grant are eligible for a walkability audit to assess nearby walking and biking routes and develop a plan for improvement. A school must check on the grant application form that it is interested in receiving an audit. If a school is deemed to be eligible for an audit, a representative from the Pennsylvania SRTS Resource Center will work with the school to schedule a two-day site visit by an SRTS team of engineers and technical assistants.

How does my school apply for a grant?

Program guidelines provide more information about the Pennsylvania Safe Routes to School Noninfrastructure Grant Program.

Schools interested in applying for a noninfrastructure grant should read these guidelines carefully and submit an application to the Pennsylvania SRTS Resource Center between October 3 and November 15, 2012 (by 4:30 p.m.).

What should my school do to prepare for applying for a grant?

Before a school may apply for a grant, two different evaluations must be conducted and the results sent to the National Center for Safe Routes to School:

1. In-class Student Tally – conducted in the classroom by the teacher
2. Parent Survey – sent home for a parent to complete

If your school is interested in applying for a grant, plan to do the data collection in the fall (ideally, the first few weeks of the school year, but no later than the application due date, November 15).

Note: These evaluations must be completed again after the grant activities are completed. Data collected from the evaluation forms will help to assess whether SRTS activities conducted during the school year had any influence on getting more students to walk and bicycle to school.

For more information about the surveys, visit the Student/Parent Evaluation Materials page.

The National Center for Safe Routes to School has the most up-to-date information about the evaluation materials: www.saferoutesinfo.org/resources/evaluation_form-descriptions.cfm.

Grant Resources

Noninfrastructure Grant Program Guidelines (2012) - This document provides details about the Pennsylvania SRTS Noninfrastructure Grant Program and the grants available to schools to promote, educate, encourage, and enforce Safe Routes to School activities and efforts.

Noninfrastructure Grant Application Form - Schools must complete this application to apply for a noninfrastructure grant. Applications are due to the Pennsylvania Safe Routes to School Resource Center by 4:30 p.m., November 15, 2012.

Past grant recipients – This document contains a listing of schools in Pennsylvania that received grant money from the Safe Routes to School program in Pennsylvania in the past. It includes information about the schools’ activities funded with SRTS grant money. NOTE: Be sure to review the eligibility list in the 2012 grant guidelines if applying for a grant. Some activities that were funded in the past are no longer eligible.