Block Grant 2020YSBX0018

The Detroit Association of Black Organizations (DABO) will receive $999,930 under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) Formula Grant to deliver violence prevention services in two Detroit middle schools from October 2021 through September 2024. DABO's STOP Ceasefire Youth Initiative will provide training to prevent violence, conduct threat assessments and interventions, implement an anonymous reporting system and targeted interventions for at-risk students through its Harmony House...

The Lansing School District in Lansing, Michigan 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 implement the STOP School Violence Project from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The Project will provide comprehensive school security improvements and training to approximately 9,186 students and 1,225 staff across the District's 25 school campuses....

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to BUILD, INC. to implement the STOP School Violence Initiative in the underserved Chicago communities of Humboldt Park and Garfield Park. This initiative aims to mitigate school violence and establish a safe educational setting in these Chicago public schools. Key project activities include delivering conflict resolution training, organizing mediations, providing...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence) provides $1,000,000 over three years to establish a coordinated effort between the City of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, and two community-based organizations (Good Grief of Northwest Ohio and Sisters 4 Unity) to support students, families, and schools in responding to and preventing school- and community-based violence. The...

The Community Change Foundation was awarded $999,994 under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance STOP School Violence Program to deliver behavioral threat assessment, training, and prevention services. Working with sub-awardees Navigate360 and Stand4Kind, the Foundation will enhance multidisciplinary threat assessment teams and case management tools, provide suicide prevention and anti-bullying training to school personnel and students, and offer...

The federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) supports Gestalt Community Schools, a network of five K-12 public charter schools in Memphis, Tennessee, to implement comprehensive school safety and violence prevention initiatives. The key products and services delivered through this grant include: Behavior intervention training and programs, such as Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, Crisis Prevention...

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, a non-profit organization, to implement a project titled "Creating Community Change: Addressing the Traumas of Homeless Students and Other Vulnerable Youth." The project aims to develop a multi-tiered, trauma-informed, cross-agency approach to address the traumas of...

This $999,939 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839), will be used by Lifebridge Community Services, Inc. to implement a three-year school violence prevention program in Bridgeport, Connecticut public schools. The key activities include: Universal training for 165 school personnel district-wide on the Community Resiliency Model to increase their understanding of adverse childhood experiences and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $982,143 Cooperative Agreement under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to the Corporation Odyssey Family Counseling Center. The project aims to support and expand evidence-based violence prevention training for students, teachers, parents, and other school volunteers to promote a positive school environment and increase school safety. Key objectives include establishing a...

The Little Rock School District received a $981,706 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The goal of this 3-year project is to enhance the capacity of Mabelvale Middle School to address youth violence through evidence-based prevention and intervention initiatives. Key activities include: Equipping educators with trauma-informed skills and engaging community...