1. An Iowa Safe Routes to School Project Funding provided by

2. Presenters Tami Larson I-WALK Program Manager IA Department of Public Health tlarson@idph.state.ia.us 515-864-6222 Chris Seeger Associate Professor & Extension Specialist in Landscape Architecture Iowa State University Extension cjseeger@iastate.edu 515-509-0651

3. I-WALK Partnership & Purpose Assist communities in the development, implementation, and evaluation of local Safe Routes to School programs Iowa Department of Public Health Public School System Iowa State University Extension Local Public Health

4. I-WALK Goal To develop a sustainable model for community coalitions to continuously update, implement, and evaluate the local Safe Routes to School (SRTS) plan.

5. I-WALK Components 1. Community coalition 2. Evaluation a) Teacher Tally b) Parent/Child Online Survey c) GPS Walkability Assessment d) Monthly reporting 3. GPS & Program Training, TA 4. Presentation of data results to community

6. 1. Community Coalition Local public health School representatives: teachers, principals, parent, student Citizens: grandparents, community organizations and clubs Parks and recreation department Public safety, school resource officer, law enforcement City planners DNR

7. 2a. Evaluation: Teacher Tally Determines how students get to and from school Conducted Fall 2010 Again in Spring 2011

8. Teacher Tally Results

9. 2b. Evaluation: Parent & Student online Survey Identifies current routes students take to/from school Identifies barriers to walking or biking to school Results back to coalitions

10. Poll Question

11. 2c. Evaluation: GPS Walkability Assessment Coalition and community members walk routes identified by the parent & student survey GPS is used to collect data and sent back to ISU Extension for analysis

12. 2d. Evaluation: Monthly Reports Provides IDPH with… Project progress in each community Input and guidance for program improvement

15. SchoolCityGrade 3-5 Enrollment De Soto IntermediateDeSoto277 Fairmeadows ElementaryWest Des Moines216 Riceville ElemRiceville61 West Union ElemWest Union120 Johnson ElementarySpencer143 Hull ChristianHull48 Schuler ElementaryAtlantic232 Fremont-Mills ElementaryTabor76 Lincoln ElemFort Madison146 Kalona ElementaryKalona129 West ElementaryIndependence286 Tilford ElementaryVinton190 I-WALK 2010-2011 Schools & Enrollment, N=1924 12 schools Over 1900 students 2 communities in each of the 6 LPH Regions

16. 3. GPS & Program Training, TA 1 Day training and mapping of routes Overview of GPS use and data collection Occur between April & May 2011 Technical assistance provided by IDPH & ISUE

17. Poll Question

18. 4. Presentation to community Aug/Sept 2011 present data results and recommendations to community Next steps to Safer Routes to School Invite coalition members, community, and stakeholders

19. www.I-WALK.org

21. Additional Online Resources Iowans Fit for Life (IDPH) http://www.idph.state.ia.us/iowansfitforlife/ http://www.idph.state.ia.us/iowansfitforlife/ National Center for Safe Routes to School http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/ Iowa Department of Transportation http://www.iowadot.gov/saferoutes/ http://www.iowadot.gov/saferoutes/

22. 2010-2011 I-WALK Communities: Benton Co/Vinton-Shellsburg/Tilford Elementary Buchanan Co/Independence/West Elementary Cass Co/Atlantic/Schuler Elementary Clay Co/Spencer/Johnson Elementary Dallas Co/Adel-Desoto/De Soto Intermediate Fayette Co/West Union/West Union Elementary Fremont Co/Tabor/Fremont-Mills Elementary Howard Co/Riceville/Riceville Elementary Lee Co/Fort Madison/Lincoln Elementary * Polk Co/WDM/Fairmeadows Elementary Sioux Co/Hull/Hull Christian Washington Co/Kalona/Kalona Elementary

23. Poll Question

24. Questions? Tami Larson I-WALK Program Manager IA Department of Public Health tlarson@idph.state.ia.us 515-864-6222

25. Thank you!