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ShapingNJ Grant Funding Opportunity
The New Jersey Department of Health is accepting proposals for their ShapingNJ Healthy Community Grant cycle -- Promoting Systems, Policy and Environmental Change for Obesity and Chronic Disease Prevention at the Local Level. Shaping NJ is the state partnership for nutrition, physical activity and obesity prevention with a goal of preventing obesity [...]
August 27 Webinar – Don’t let your guard down: Strategies to keep your school crossing guard program healthy and strong
August 27th Webinar Don’t let your guard down: Strategies to keep your school crossing guard program healthy and strong They’re there for us in the heat and the cold, in the rain and the snow. There’s even a National Crossing Guard Appreciation Day. The presence of a crossing [...]
May Walk and Bike to School Week included celebrating this year’s NJ Safe Routes to School Recognition Program Winners!
May 19-23 was declared Walk and Bike to School Week in New Jersey by Governor Chris Christie through a proclamation passed last month. The week was busy across the state with Walk and Bike to School events, bicycle rodeos and recognition ceremonies! The Transportation Management Association Keep Middlesex Moving held [...]
Governor Christie Endorses Walk and Bike to School Week, May 19-23, 2014 – Encourage your school district to pass a proclamation of Walk and Bike Week!
Walk and Bike to School Week will be celebrated this year from May 19-23, 2014. Governor Chris Christie signed a proclamation encouraging state and local governments and school districts to promote active and healthy lifestyles by walking and bicycling to school. Please encourage your school districts to promote Walk and [...]
Get the scoop on TAP Funding! Deadline extended to June 30, 2014!
Over $20 million in grant funding for Safe Routes to School and the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) is available for building bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure or construction/engineering projects! Apply for a grant today! What is a TAP Grant? TAP funding includes much of what was formally Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes [...]
Over $20 Million in Funding is Available! Deadline extended to June 30, 2014!
Grant funding is available for the construction and engineering of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) offers Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program funding to projects that 1) enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school, 2) make [...]