Grants and Funding
Planning and Programming Grants
Planning Grants
The KDOT Safe Routes to School Planning Grant provides resources to assist communities throughout the state in creating their SRTS Plans, which can both help them plan for future SRTS efforts and build community momentum around walking, biking, and rolling to school. Grant recipients receive technical assistance to develop a SRTS Plan for their community. Most applicants are school districts or local governments, and buy-in from both parties is necessary for successful implementation. A completed SRTS Plan can be used to seek additional funding for infrastructure design and construction and to support SRTS programs.
Programming Grants
The KDOT Safe Routes to School Programming Grant provides funding to implement education, encouragement, and enforcement (i.e., non-infrastructure) priorities identified in a community’s SRTS Plan. These may be programs like walking school buses, traffic safety education, or pop-up and demonstration projects.
The application cycle for P&P Grants is now open! Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on May 1, 2026.
To learn more, read the Planning Grant and Programming Grant overviews, review the Q&A, watch the informational webinar recording, or contact SRTS Coordinator Ann Katt at ann.katt@ks.gov.
Planning and Programming Grant Award Recipients
Congratulations to our P&P Grant awardees! The Kansas SRTS Program is working with the following communities to create SRTS plans that will get SRTS momentum going in communities throughout the state. Follow us on social media for updates and highlights from these efforts!
2025-2026 Planning Grant Recipients
Alta Vista
Douglass
Fort Scott
Grainfield
La Crosse
Leavenworth
2023-2024
Planning Grant Recipients
City of Emporia
City of Parsons
City of Belle Plaine
USD336 – Holton
Rossville Community Foundation
Kick Start Grant Recipients
Rushton Elementary School (Mission)
Moundridge Parents and Teachers Together
Stanton County (Johnson City)
USD482 – Dighton
Isley Traditional Magnet Elementary School, USD259/Wichita, City of Bel Aire
Randolph Elementary School, Topeka (Topeka Community Cycle Project)
St. George Elementary (St. George)
2024-2025
Planning Grant Recipients
City of Sedan
City of Riverton
City of Silver Lake
City of Wellsville
Wallace County Schools
USD 242 – Weskan
Prior P&P Grant Recipients
View completed plans for P&P Grant recipients on our Completed SRTS Plans page.
Transportation Alternatives Program
The Transportation Alternatives (TA) program provides federal funding biennially to promote and enable use of active transportation and for certain scenic and historic improvements:
Pedestrian/Bicycle/Non-motorized transportation infrastructure
Abandoned railway corridors to trails conversion
Safe Routes to School – construction
Historic transportation facility preservation and rehabilitation
Scenic and environmental improvements
The current Call for Projects is now open! Repeat informational webinars will be held February 6, 10, and 11 at 10:00 a.m. using Microsoft Teams. The link is the same for all three webinar dates: click here to join.
Have additional questions? Learn more about the Transportation Alternatives program or email SRTS Coordinator, Ann Katt, at ann.katt@ks.gov.
More funding opportunities for active transportation can be found on the KDOT website.
Grant Writing Assistance and Support
Kansas State University | Grant Support Services offers grant writing assistance and support. See Grant Searches, Personal Coaching and Grant Feedback, for free help to find grants, review your grant proposals or connect you with a contract grant writer. For more information, see the KSRE Grant Writing Flyer.