Block Grant 2020YSBX0101

Texas State University received a $1,560,987 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 funding will support the university's Texas School Safety Center to expand its Operationalizing School Behavioral Threat Assessment (OSBTA) workshops. The workshops will provide technical assistance to at least 30% of public school districts in Texas, prioritizing those with heightened needs such as...

The Texas Education Service Center Region 16 (ESC16) received a $999,998 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will fund the Texas School Safety Project (TSSP), which will provide trauma-informed, healing-centered interventions to improve school climate and connect 38,375 students in 43 school districts across the Texas Panhandle with crisis resources and services. Key program...

This $930,947 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) will enable the Harris County Department of Education's Center for Safe and Secure Schools (CSSS), in collaboration with Public Consulting Group and WestEd's Justice and Prevention Research Center, to implement comprehensive behavioral threat assessment (BTA) programs in three school districts and one charter school system in Harris...

The Education Service Center Region XV (ESC15) in San Angelo, Texas was awarded a $915,651 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). ESC15 will lead the Texas School Safety Expansion Project in collaboration with ESC12 to provide trauma-informed, healing-centered interventions to over 100,000 K-12 students across 45 school districts in West-Central Texas. Services will include a...

The Region VII Education Service Center (ESC) was awarded a $999,835 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP (Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing) School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will fund the East Texas School Safety Initiative (ETSSI), which aims to improve safety and wellness conditions for the ESC's high-poverty school district partners in eastern Texas. The ETSSI program will provide an anonymous reporting...

The Sandy Hook Promise Foundation and Dallas Independent School District will implement the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System school violence prevention program under a $859,294 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. Funded through the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), the award will support Say Something student trainings, adult user trainings, and Save Promise Club engagements to enhance Dallas ISD's...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) provides $846,618 to WestEd and the Texas School Safety Center to conduct a mixed-methods study examining the early-stage implementation and outcomes of a statewide school-based safe firearms storage message campaign in Texas. The study will collect survey data from approximately 900 school administrators and parents to assess their perceptions, exposure, and behaviors related to the...

The Cuero Independent School District Inc. 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). The grant will fund three school climate specialists and a 0.25 coordinator position to provide threat assessments and support services to at-risk students. All district teachers, staff, administrators and stakeholders including law enforcement and first responders will...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) in Uvalde, Texas. The grant will fund the implementation of the Uvalde Unity Project, a comprehensive trauma-recovery model that will provide focused support for 360 students and broad interventions reaching 720 students in grades 1 through 9 who were impacted by mass violence....

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the School Safety National Activities (CFDA 84.184) program to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on September 10, 2025. The grant will fund initiatives to improve student safety and well-being through enhanced school-based mental health services and emergency preparedness in Austin, TX over a one-year period ending September 10, 2026. As the state educational agency, TEA will use...