Project Grant 2020YSBX0120

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 Smoky Hill Education Service Center (SHESC) was awarded a $742,746 Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to expand an anonymous reporting system and related services to 17 school districts in Kansas from October 2021 to September 2024. The grant will allow partner districts to select from service packages for their unique safety needs, including expanding the anonymous...

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 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 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...

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 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a $933,524 Cooperative Agreement to RTI International to conduct an implementation and outcome study of the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018 grants. The STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) provides funding to enhance school safety and prevent violence in K-12 settings through evidence-based strategies. The study will examine the types of interventions proposed and implemented by STOP grant...

This $1,000,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 STOP School Violence Program) will enable the Smoky Hill Education Service Center in Salina, Kansas to deliver expanded trauma-informed services to 45,251 students across 33 school districts. Key products and services to be provided include: A trauma-informed version of an anonymous reporting system with 24/7 emergency monitoring and crisis counselor support An AI-driven...

The Self Awareness and Recovery (SAR) was awarded a $999,999 cooperative agreement by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). SAR will lead a multidisciplinary, multi-agency collaborative team to deliver intensive case management, trauma healing programs, intervention tactics at school sites, referrals and recommendations for students, and "backpack" support...

The Ohio Department of Education was awarded a $1,999,048 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will support the implementation and expansion of Ohio's comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to behavioral threat assessment in K-12 schools across the state. The project will provide training and coaching for Ohio's school-based behavioral threat assessment teams and professional...