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This $13,412,940 Formula Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction (CFDA 20.205) program. The grant will fund the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to administer the state's Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program from fiscal years 2025 to 2030.

The key products and services to be delivered include:

• SRTS program outreach, education, and training for schools across Michigan
• Non-infrastructure grant contract administration and oversight
• Technical assistance to communities applying for SRTS infrastructure grants, focusing on a school district-wide approach
• Support and guidance for developing non-infrastructure SRTS programs and administering non-infrastructure grants
• An annual multi-disciplinary SRTS conference developed and launched by the Michigan Association of Planning
• Comprehensive assessments of infrastructure and behavioral issues affecting the safety and mobility of child pedestrians and bicyclists, conducted by Michigan State University's College of Engineering and School of Planning, Design and Construction

The grant was awarded on July 31, 2024 and will help MDOT and its partners implement critical SRTS initiatives to improve safety and promote active transportation for school-aged children across the state.

Project description

Safe routes to school program administration FYS 2025-2030 (10/01/2024 to 09/30/2030)the michigan fitness foundation (MFF) will provide srts program outreach, education, and training, non-infrastructure grant contract administration and oversight to schools in communities throughout michigan and participate in the grant review and selection processes. MFF will lead communities through the srts planning process and provide technical assistance to communities applying for srts infrastructure grant funding, focusing on the established school district-wide approach. Along with planning and infrastructure grant assistance MFF will provide support and guidance on developing non-infrastructure programs and administering non-infrastructure grants. Funding for non-infrastructure grants is included in this program administration and operations grant. The annual work plan for FY 2025 is included in the application. Each subsequent year, MDOT and MFF will review the work plan and when appropriate, negotiate minor adjustments to the coming FY work plan.subcontractors include the michigan association of planning (map), michigan state university college of environmental engineering (CEE) and school of planning design and construction (SPDC). Map will develop and launch an annual multi-disciplinary, one-day conference. The CEE and SPDC will partner to assist michigan schools with srts planning activities aimed at improving the safety of school-aged pedestrians and bicyclists. That technical assistance will include a comprehensive assessment of infrastructure and behavioral issues that may affect the safety and mobility of child pedestrians and bicyclists traveling to and from each school. Statewide