The City and County of San Francisco was awarded 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 enhance the San Francisco School Crisis Support Coordination Project to improve school climate and safety in the San Francisco Unified School District. Key activities include hiring additional staff, purchasing data collection software, developing a youth violence prevention public...
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 Program) provides $1,000,000 to the San Diego Youth Services (SDYS) non-profit organization to implement a "STEAM Safe School Project" in the La Mesa and Spring Valley communities of San Diego, California. The project aims to reduce school violence and its impact on students attending the STEAM Academy at La Presa...
The Affirming Youth Foundation, Inc. will receive $1 million under a Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's STOP School Violence Program (CFDA #16.839) to implement the Affirming Youth Family Neighborhood School Partnership from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The Partnership will enhance the capacity of schools in Miami, Florida to prevent and respond quickly to acts of violence through...
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The $1,000,000 award to Scholarship Prep, a non-profit organization, will fund the implementation of a multi-tiered, trauma-informed approach to address the needs of vulnerable youth, especially those experiencing homelessness, in order to prevent and respond to community violence. Key project activities...
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 Families & Youth Inc. to implement integrated, multi-tiered school-based systems of support to address school violence in three target schools within the Las Cruces Public Schools district. The project aims to develop comprehensive, trauma-informed, and evidence-based violence reduction strategies,...
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...
This $999,951 Cooperative Agreement awarded on October 1, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) will enable the University of Maryland, Baltimore to implement the "Building School Capacity in Baltimore City -- Reducing Youth Violence through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support" project. The project aims to strengthen school safety and partnerships to improve school climate and reduce youth...
The City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) received a $999,998 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 funding will be used to expand the DVP's School Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) program by hiring three additional full-time violence interrupters. This will allow each of the seven high-risk Oakland schools participating in the...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to After-School All-Stars, doing business as Inner City Games Foundation, under the STOP School Violence grant program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will support a 3-year project to reduce violence and improve safety in high-need communities surrounding 5 Title I school sites in Newark, New Jersey. Through after-school mentoring, social-emotional learning, and...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $999,860 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to La Familia Counseling Service, a non-profit organization in Hayward, CA. The grant, titled "Un Paso Adelante", will provide behavioral health services and violence prevention programming to two school districts in Stanislaus and Merced Counties, California. Key project activities include training school personnel on mental health interventions, educating...