Block Grant 2019YSBX0019

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Scholarship Prep in Santa Ana, CA. The purpose of the project is to develop a multi-tiered, trauma-informed, cross-agency approach to address the traumas of vulnerable youth, especially those experiencing homelessness, in order to prevent and respond to community violence. Key project activities include...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the Chino Valley Unified School District $999,636 under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The award will support training and threat assessment services to improve school security. Specifically, the district will provide youth mental health first aid training, implement an evidence-based anti-bullying program in secondary schools, and receive...

The Orange County Superintendent of Schools received a $573,255 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) to implement comprehensive school threat assessment and response programs, provide online suicide prevention curriculum, and deliver specialized training for school staff and law enforcement across 35 school sites in Costa Mesa, CA. The project will utilize the evidence-based Comprehensive School Threat...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839) to Reach Out West End, a non-profit organization in Upland, CA. The goal of this 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, is to improve school safety and prevent violence in the 24 schools of the Jurupa Unified School District. Key activities include training school staff and students on mental health, substance abuse prevention, and conflict mediation; providing...

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,000,000 STOP School Violence Program grant to Avance Schools, Inc., a non-profit organization operating a consortium of 16 public charter schools serving 6,549 students in Los Angeles County, California. The grant funding will enable the implementation of several initiatives to prevent and reduce school violence, including: Deploying technology solutions such as an anonymous reporting system (WeTip) and an incident command...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Strategic Solutions For Families, Inc. in partnership with the Alcorn County School District, Corinth School District, and Alcorn County Youth Court in Mississippi. The funded initiative, "Solid Ground Student Safety Initiatives", aims to improve school capacity to prevent and intervene in youth...

The Poway Unified School District was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to enhance implementation of behavioral threat assessment teams across the district's 39 schools through September 30, 2025. The district will provide high-quality eLearning training modules and interactive virtual or in-person team learning components to build and strengthen...

This $999,981 project grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), will support the "Un Paso Adelante" initiative delivered by The Alliance For Community Wellness (doing business as La Familia Counseling Service). The project will provide mental health services, violence prevention programming, and staff training to two school districts - Patterson Unified School District in Stanislaus County and Winston Unified School...

This federal Project Grant award, with an ID of 15PBJA24GG04265STOP, was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The $999,860 grant will support the "Un Paso Adelante" initiative by the non-profit organization La Familia Counseling Service, serving the Riverbank Unified School District (RUSD) in Stanislaus County and the Hilmar Unified School District (HUSD) in Merced County, California. The...

The Monterey County Office of Education received a $1 million project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence program. The grant will fund implementation of a multi-agency Monterey County Healthy and Safe Schools and Communities Coalition from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Key deliverables include development of a master emergency operations plan to standardize safety protocols across Monterey...