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2006-07 Active Community Environments Workplan Activities

The following are priority activities for the Active Community Environments Task Force in 2006-07.

• Host quarterly stakeholder meetings to provide education and information to participants regarding ACE principles, with a focus on increasing statewide representation and integrating with other COPAN task forces..
• Sponsor/provide at least four regional trainings for promoting policy and environmental change, building upon trainings with Colorado Department of Transportation engineers and utilizing CDC's Policy and Environmental Change: New Directions for Public Health in training development.
• Provide technical assistance to at least four communities regarding ACE policies and physical projects.
• Collaborate with School Site Task Force and Colorado Department of Transportation to facilitate Safe Routes to School to increase the number of applications to the SR2S grant program.
• Provide at least five grants not to exceed $40,000 total, to implement policy or environmental changes.

• Active Community Environments: Defining the Issue

• Colorado Active Community Environments Task Force Strategies

• Active Community Environments Fact Sheet