FY21 school violence prevention program (svpp)

The Texarkana Arkansas School District #7 was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 will support the district's School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP). Through this funding, the district will implement evidence-based community policing strategies and partnerships between October 2021 and September 2024 to address immediate public safety issues and build trust through collaborative problem solving with local law enforcement, students, educators, families and community groups in Texarkana, Arkansas. Key activities will include utilizing the SARA (Scan, Analysis, Response, Assessment) problem-solving model to examine and develop effective responses to identified safety problems, with a focus on the crime triangle of victim, offender and location.