Page 6 Louisiana Municipal Review May 2015 Grants Don’t reinvent the wheel By AJ Walker #GrantSpotlight year around and evaluated quarterly Some of those 120 projects include the LMA Membership Services Coordinator This month in our #grantspotlight, after each cutoff date (March 31, June installation of enhanced traffic signs, rant writing can be tough. we feature the Local Road Safety Pro- 30, September 30 and December 31). A pavement markings, guardrails, inter- However, when it comes to gram (LRSP), which is a life-saving, project is reviewed for its applicability section improvements, safety studies developing grant applica- cost disbursement grant for local gov- toward the goal of increasing safety on and curve delineations. G ernments. the local road system. The maximum For more information on this program tions, it can be a lot easier if you don’t start from scratch. Louisiana is on a long-term journey award is $500,000 and there is a 5-10% or assistance with data analysis and ap- Let’s say that you are interested in a towards Destination Zero Deaths on local cost share. plications, please contact Rudynah Ca- grant, but you’ve never written an ap- all public roads. The statewide Strate- Over 120 projects have been funded pone, LRSP Manager, at rudynah.ca- plication or applied for this particular gic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) pro- since the program’s inception in 2006. [email protected], or (225) 767-9718. type of grant before. Let’s also assume vides an opportunity for all Louisiana that your municipality doesn’t have communities to actively participate in the money to pay a professional grant saving lives and reaching the zero goal. writer. Instead of wrecking your brain The LRSP enables local governments to and stressing out the one who gets as- access federal funds for low cost safety signed to develop the application, use improvement projects on locally owned your resources to make the situation and maintained roads. easier and manageable. The first thing Any municipality can and ALL mu- is to find out who the agency’s nicipalities are encouraged to apply of contact is for that particular grant. for this funding to improve safety and Once you know that, give them a call save lives. Applications are accepted

The Local Road Safety Program provides assistance in crash data analysis and feld assessments during the project development process. Photo shows the LRSP Team working with local stakeholders and LADOTD in a recently Above diagram shows a standard LRSP plan for a horizontal curve which is held Road Safety Assessment (RSA) at a horizontal curve on a high-crash based of of the MUTCD 2009 Edition. local road in St. Tammany Parish. and ask for examples of recently ap- A v a i l a b l e G r a n t s T i m l i n e proved/funded applications from com- Grant Category Summary Deadline Funding More Informa7on munities that are similar to yours. After This grant allows municipali=es to improve instratructure by providing that, I would suggest calling the entity Local Road Safety Up to For more informa=on, please visit: Infrastructure evidence that the project would Rolling whose application you received for a Program (LRSP) $500,000/project hJp://www.ltrc.lsu.edu/ltap/lrsp.html model and not only ask them for per- result in a reduc=on in serious injury and fatality crashes. mission to follow their same format, Let's Play For more informa=on, please visit: but also ask them why they did it like Imagina=on Parks & Recrea=on Rolling $15,000 -­‐ $30,000 hJp://kaboom.org/grants/crea=ve_play that, things they would do differently Playground Grant and other information that they could This program provides grants to in the development of For more informa=on on this 25% cost share share that would increase your chance Community Facili=es Economic essen=al community facili=es in 12/31/15 Varies grant, please visit: hJp://efficientgov.com/grant-­‐ of being awarded with that grant. Grant Program Development The game of basketball was created rural areas and towns of up to details/?gid=14925 20,000 in popula=on. a long time ago. From Wilt Chamber- This program seeks to provide the lain to Walt Frazier to service of Veterans cemetary within 75 nukes if 90% of Veterans across to to LeBron James; For more informa=on, please visit: Veterans Cemetery Community the country. It's intended to $46,000,000 total they all played in the National Bas- 7/1/15 hJp://efficientgov.com/grant-­‐ Grants Development complement the service provided by grant funds ketball Association at different times. details/?gid=36879 Although they had different styles and the Department of Veterans Affairs operated by the Na=onal Cemetery brought their own uniqueness, they Administra=on. all picked up and not only learned the Projects must support the survey, inventory and designa=on of historic game from their predecessor, but they For more informa=on, please contact Hampton proper=es that are associated with also got tips on how to become better Historic Preserva=on $25,000 -­‐ Tucker at [email protected] or visit: Historic Preserva=on communi=es that are currently 6/15/15 from their predecessor for the better- Fund Grant $75,000/project hJp://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-­‐ underrepresented in the Na=onal opportunity.html?oppId=275597 ment of their individual game. register of Historic Places and among Learn from a predecessor that has Na=onal Historic Landmarks. previously been funded on how to do For more informa=on on this 80% match it, but do it better. Anthony J. D’An- program, please visit: Recrea=onal Trails $1,517,643 total Parks and Recrea=on 7/1/15 hJp://www.crt.state.la.us/louisiana-­‐state-­‐ gelo sums up my story the best when Program grant funds he said, “Don’t reinvent the wheel, just parks/grant-­‐opportuni=es-­‐for-­‐outdoor-­‐ realign it.” recrea=on/recrea=onal-­‐trails/index