Cooperative Agreement SM062024

The Central Comm 4 received a $294,782 project grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The grant period runs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Funding will support the School Violence Prevention Program, which aims to improve security at schools and on school grounds through evidence-based programs and technology. Specifically, Central Comm 4 will implement school...

The West Aurora School District 129 will receive $103,602 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program to implement the School Violence Prevention Program. The grant funds will support evidence-based programs and technologies through September 2025 to improve school security and foster a positive learning environment. The COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program aims to enhance safety at K-12 schools through...

The Antioch Unified School District was awarded a $492,451 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program to implement a School Violence Prevention Program. The three-year grant runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Through this Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants award, the Antioch Unified School District will work to develop collaborative partnerships between law enforcement, students, educators, and community...

The $500,000 Project Grant awarded on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will be used by Will County School District 92, doing business as Ludwig Junior High, to implement evidence-based programs to improve school security and promote a positive learning environment for students. The funding will support activities such as...

The Asian Media Access Inc. received a $1,000,000 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) to implement the "Project SUPPORT" violence prevention program. The project aims to develop and expand school safety strategies among Minnesota's culturally-specific charter schools to promote positive, supportive school climates and prevent violence targeting Black,...

The Lake County Regional Office of Education #34 (LCOE) will use a $1 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to deliver services under the STOP School Violence Program. LCOE oversees 214 schools and 110,000 students across Illinois and will provide statewide web-based school safety training hosted on its website. Training will focus on preventing school violence, including strategies to improve school climate. LCOE...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant award 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) aims to prevent and reduce school violence in Alexander, Pulaski, and Johnson County, Illinois. The primary activities include: developing a youth advisory council and school behavioral threat assessment team to improve school climate; training students, school personnel, law enforcement, and...

The Illinois State Alliance of YMCAs was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The grant funding will support the organization's initiative for "Youth Development, Physical Education and Water...

The River Trails School District 26 was awarded a $478,553 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 will support the implementation of the School Violence Prevention Program. This program aims to develop collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and the Mt. Prospect community to address public...

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...