This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) will fund RTI International to conduct an implementation and outcome study of BJA's STOP grants to school districts. The $933,524 award will enable RTI to investigate the types of interventions proposed and implemented under the STOP grants, the extent of implementation, and the impact on school violence, exclusionary discipline, and...
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 in Santa Ana, CA. The purpose of the project is to develop a multi-tiered, trauma-informed, cross-agency approach to address the traumas of vulnerable youth, especially those experiencing homelessness, in order to prevent and respond to community violence. Key project activities include...
The SGA Youth & Family Services NFP received a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to implement the Tilden Resilience Intervention Program (TRIP) through September 2025. TRIP aims to reduce and prevent violence at Tilden High School in Chicago by building resilience among students, teachers, administration, and parents. Key...
The New Star Family Center was awarded a $978,144 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence Program. The three-year grant project will enhance and expand the organization's youth violence prevention program targeting middle school students in the Hawthorne School District. The program focuses on three core components: educating youth about healthy relationships, resolving conflicts through...
This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program), seeks to establish a coordinated effort between the City of Toledo, Toledo Public Schools, and two community-based organization subrecipients (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 U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to The Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation (Safe At Home) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will support a 3-year initiative to provide comprehensive violence prevention and intervention programming for students in three schools in New York. Key activities include: Delivering clinical services to students exposed to various...
The Stratford Board of Education received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The purpose of the grant is to implement the INSPIRE (Instruct, Nurture, Support, Promote, Interest, Restore, Elevate) Students program, which aims to address three key predictors of school violence: delinquent/antisocial behavior, ADHD or ADHD-like symptoms, and childhood maltreatment. The program will...
This Project Grant award of $999,939 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence Program) will enable Lifebridge Community Services, a nonprofit organization in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to implement a three-year school violence prevention program. The program aims to promote trauma-informed practices, social-emotional learning (SEL) programming, and increased access to mental health services in Bridgeport public schools. Key activities...
The River Trails School District 26 received a $58,474 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence federal grant program (CFDA 16.839). The award period is from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2022 and will fund the delivery of CPTED security and threat assessment and crisis intervention plan update services. The goal of the STOP School Violence program is to improve school security by providing...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $999,383 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to SGA Youth & Family Services, NFP, a non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of the "Mansueto Safer Together" program is to reduce and prevent violence within Mansueto High School, create a positive learning environment, address the impact of trauma, and build resilience among students, teachers, and the administration. The program...