The Monterey County Office of Education received a $1 million 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 implementation of a multi-agency Monterey County Healthy and Safe Schools and Communities Coalition from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Key deliverables include development of a master emergency operations plan to standardize safety protocols across Monterey...
The Soledad Unified School District (SUSD) was awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from 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 funding aims to prevent and reduce school violence in SUSD's secondary schools - Soledad High School, Main Street Middle School, and Pinnacles High School - through a comprehensive, multi-tiered approach. Key activities include: Expanding and...
The Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY) will provide trauma-informed care and violence prevention services to middle school students in Austin, Texas through a $750,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The award period is from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under the STOP School Violence Program, CARY will enhance its PeaceROX program at three Austin Independent School District middle schools serving...
This $999,981 project grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), will support the "Un Paso Adelante" initiative delivered by The Alliance For Community Wellness (doing business as La Familia Counseling Service). The project will provide mental health services, violence prevention programming, and staff training to two school districts - Patterson Unified School District in Stanislaus County and Winston Unified School...
Through a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888), the nonprofit organization Peace Over Violence will provide intervention and prevention services to participants in the Para Los Ninos Youth Workforce Services program in Los Angeles, California. The goal is to...
The YMCA of San Francisco was awarded a $978,143 Cooperative Agreement from 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 purpose of this 3-year project is to implement the Tailor Made School-Based Violence Interrupters program in San Francisco middle and high schools. The program aims to intervene and reduce incidents of violence on and around school campuses by providing youth, families,...
The Taller Salud, Inc. received a three-year, $2 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding supports the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) program, which aims to reduce violence by high-risk individuals through community violence intervention services. Specifically, Taller Salud will continue operating its Peace Accords program - Puerto Rico's only community violence...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded $1,000,000 to P2L Pathways To Leadership, Inc. under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839) on September 1, 2022 for a cooperative agreement ending September 30, 2025. Under this award, P2L Pathways To Leadership will implement the PREP (Peace, Respect, Equity and Purpose) project in partnership with three New York City Department of Education Title I schools...
The Clyde Savannah School District was awarded a $999,849 three-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839). The grant, titled the "Regulation Skills and Relationships (RSR) Collaborative Project," aims to address the leading root causes of violence in rural schools by implementing integrated supports such as enhanced mental health services, violence prevention programs, and professional...
The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Advance Peace a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to implement the Advance Peace (AP) model in 11 cities nationwide. The AP model combines street outreach, case management, mental health support, employment assistance, and job training to interrupt gun violence cycles by building relationships with individuals most likely to be involved in such...