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r - -? ^?•? ?? <br />a ? -?3 <br />: <br />s \, <br />Ivla feld Village Green Cornc?or Mast?er ? lain3 <br />?. ? <br />r ?? <br />? g ? <br />, <br />Grant Funding (continued) <br />ODH Community Obesity Prevention Program <br />Grant program to support infrastructure investments and <br />comprehensive community-based strategies to control and <br />prevent obesity in Ohio communities. Eligible applicants must <br />be local public health departments of nonprofit groups partnering <br />with the local public health department as the lead applicant. An <br />applicant may apply for only one of the following grant options: <br />EIVVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: A minimum of five grants <br />may be awarded for a total amount not to exceed <br />$300,000. Grant range - minimum of $30,000 to a <br />maximum of $75,000. <br />CAPACITY BUILDIIVG: A minimum of three grants may be <br />awarded for a total amount not to exceed $250,000. Grant <br />range - minimum of $30,000 to a maximum of $85,000. <br />COMMUiVITY BASED EXPANSION: A minimum of <br />three grants may be awarded for a total amount not to <br />exceed $350,000. Grant range - minimum of $30,000 to a <br />maximum of $150,000. <br />ODNR Recreational Trails Program (RTP) <br />Funded by the U.S. Federal HighwayAdministration, the ODNR <br />Trails is administered in Ohio by Ohio Department of iVatural <br />Resources, which reviews local applications and recommends <br />grant recipients forfinal federal approval. The federal government <br />provides up to 80 percent reimbursement for trail projects <br />that can include construction, acquisition, maintenance, and <br />equipment. Projects compete statewide. <br />Safe Routes to School <br />Administered by Ohio Department of Transportation, improve safety, encourage <br />and enable children, including those with disabilities, to walk or ride their bikes to <br />school. Project must address an actual or perceived safety issue; infrastructure <br />project must be within 2 miles of K-8 school; applicants can be the individual <br />school, school district, municipality, health district or other public or private entity <br />including nonprofit organizations; and applicant must have an ODOT approved <br />School Travel Plan (STP) in place unless funding is to develop a STP. <br />Ohio has $4 -$6 million is available this funding round for 2008. 10% of that <br />funding is for non infrastructure projects such as: Bike Rodeo - Educational <br />Program - Encouragement Program; 70 % of that funding is for infrastructure <br />projects such as: Crossing Improvements - Planning - Engineering Studies; 20 <br />% of that funding is for either Infrastructure or Non Infrastructure. <br />Transportation Enhancement Program <br />Provides funds for projects that enhance the transportation experience <br />by improving the cultural, historic, aesthetic and environmental aspects of <br />transportation infrastructure. Primary project categories are Historic and <br />Archaeological, Scenic and Environmental, and Bicycle and Pedestrian. This <br />Federal-aid reimbursement program provides up to 80% of eligible costs for <br />construction only. The two-step application cycle is annual, beginning each <br />January 1 with submittal of a Letter of Interest (LOI) due to the respective ODOT <br />district by February 1. Based on the acceptance of the LOI, sponsors will be <br />invited to submit an application. Next cycle, beginning January 1, 2008, is for the <br />selection of projects for FY 2011. <br />Further Feasibility Studies: <br />NOACA Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative Grant <br />Provides federal funding to conduct or contract for the planning of transportation improvements that advance the Initiative's goals. Since 2005, the NOACA <br />Governing Board has allocated approximately $1 million each fiscal year for the planning grant program, awarding individual grants up to $75,000. <br />73