Blueprint Safety Funds FY 2012

The Destination Safe Coalition has completed a process to fund proposals for public information and safety enforcement strategies in fiscal year 2012 that help reduce fatalities and serious injuries in the Kansas City region, based on high-priority areas identified in the Kansas City Regional Transportation Safety Blueprint. Destination Safe developed the blueprint, which outlines primary transportation safety issues and potential solutions.

The Coalition partners with the Kansas Safer Driving, Safer Roads and Missouri Arrive Alive campaigns and helps put statewide efforts into action on a local level, particularly those that address the priority transportation safety issues.

Application and Instructions

• Application Instructions (pdf)
• MoDOT Ineligible Use of Funds (pdf)
• MoDOT Grant Guidelines (pdf)
  
  
• Fiscal Year 2012 Safety Funds Application
  • Microsoft Word Form
    (Save to your local computer before entering data)
  • Non-Fillable PDF Form
    

Eligible Safety Strategies

Strategies must address one or more of the six high-priority areas outlined in the Kansas City Regional Transportation Safety Blueprint:

1. Unbelted Motorists
2. Aggressive Drivers
3. Youth & Young Adults
4. Impaired Drivers
5. Pedestrians
6. Transportation Safety Data

NOTE: Applicants are discouraged from submitting infrastructure projects such as roadway widening, improved signing, etc., since there are other sources available to implement such projects.

Eligible Applicants

Any nonprofit organization, jurisdiction, governmental entity, for-profit business, etc., is eligible to apply for funding. The project must take place in one of the counties or portions of counties within the boundaries of the Mid-America Regional Council or Missouri Department of Transportation District 4.

Funding Sources

No funding guarantees have been made by either the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) or the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT).

Each year, the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety provides funding for regional safety coalitions to allocate for public information and safety enforcement projects in their geographic areas. For fiscal year 2012, the Destination Safe Coalition estimates that approximately $64,000 may be available for regional projects through an open application process.

All MoDOT-funded projects must have funds expended and submitted by May 2, 2012, so invoices can be processed before the end of the fiscal year in June 2012.

KDOT does not plan to allocate a specific amount of funds for regional blueprint projects; however, they are interested in additional funding ideas in the region. Destination Safe will recommend up to three projects for consideration to KDOT for Section 402 funding. KDOT will have the sole discretion whether or not the projects will receive funds. Additional requirements not outlined in this process may need to be met by organizations applying for Kansas funds. Projects selected for KDOT funding operate on a fiscal year beginning in October.

Deadline and Review Process

The Destination Safe Coalition will review submitted projects on May 25, 2011, at 9 a.m. at the Mid-America Regional Council, 600 Broadway, Suite 200, Kansas City, Mo. Project sponsors are encouraged to attend to discuss their proposed project and answer questions from Coalition members.

TIMELINE
April 1, 2011	Call for applications begins
April 8, 2011	Application workshop at 9 a.m. (Mid-America Regional Council)
May 2, 2011	Applications due by 5 p.m. CST
May 18, 2011	Applications, staff scoring and other materials sent to Destination Safe Coalition for review
May 25, 2011	Destination Safe Coalition meeting to vote on applications

 

MoDOT MILESTONES
July 1, 2011	MoDOT contract signing
May 6, 2012	All invoices due
June 29, 2012	MoDOT closes grant

 

KDOT MILESTONES
July 15, 2011	KDOT review and notification
August 12, 2011	KDOT notification to MARC of selected projects
October 3, 2011	KDOT contract signing (federal fiscal year 2011 begins October 1, 2011)
September 28, 2012	All invoices due and grants are closed

 

• List of FY 2012 Funded Safety Projects ››
  (as of May 25, 2011)
• List of FY 2011 Funded Safety Projects ››
  (as of July 28, 2010)
  
• List of FY 2010 Funded Safety Projects ››
  (as of May 27, 2009)
  
• List of FY 2009 Funded Safety Projects ››
  (as of June 23, 2008)
  
• List of FY 2008 Funded Safety Projects ››
  (as of May 31, 2007)

 

 

 

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