Project Grant 2020YSBX0063

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $997,275 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to the Caddo Parish School Board (CPSB) in Shreveport, Louisiana. The grant will fund a 3-year initiative to implement an ecological, grassroots violence prevention program at 9 targeted school sites serving 38,832 students. Key objectives include: 1) Increasing evidence-based prevention training for all students to reduce school violence and...

The Caddo Parish School Board (CPSB) in Louisiana will partner with the nonprofit Volunteers for Youth Justice (VYJ) to expand and enhance schools' capacity to prevent, intervene, and address high levels of violence in schools and the community. This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) will enable CPSB to hire three school-based mental health specialists and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) awarded Winn Parish School District a $484,772 Project Grant under the School Violence Prevention Program (CFDA 16.071) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. This three-year award supports the implementation of evidence-based school safety programs and technologies to improve security at schools and on school grounds throughout the district's jurisdiction in Winnfield,...

The Wayne County Action Program, Inc. received a $999,827 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program. The organization will deliver services to seven high-need rural school buildings in Wayne County, New York serving over 1,700 students. Key services include implementing a Forming Competency to Reduce Risk program using Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports to provide tiered student...

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 U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Harris County, Texas under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will fund the implementation of the Comprehensive Approaches with Resources to Enhance Safety (CARES) project in Alief Independent School District high schools. The CARES project aims to address increasing youth violence, delinquency, and victimization in Harris...

The County of Westchester, New York received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will fund the implementation of "Project STRIV" (Schools Transforming Real Interventions to Violence) to develop and enhance multidisciplinary behavioral threat assessment and intervention teams in four Westchester County school districts. Key activities include providing...

The Paris Union School District 95 in Paris, Illinois received a $279,646 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 the delivery of evidence-based anti-violence training programs to staff and students at Paris Cooperative High School through September 2025. Three high-level administrators will receive Youth Mental Health First Aid train-the-trainer instruction, and will...

The Northeast Washington Educational Service District (NEWESD) 101, located in Spokane, WA, received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The Safer Schools Northeast Project aims to enhance safety and support for 59 public school districts, 45 state-approved private schools, and 4 charter schools in a 7-county region facing significant challenges, including high poverty,...

The Coeur D'Alene School District 271 was awarded $364,384 by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to deliver evidence-based anti-violence training programs to staff, administrators, and students through September 2025. The District will implement programs focused on social-emotional learning, suicide prevention, bullying prevention, violence prevention, and emergency preparedness to increase school safety. Training will...